Tag: fiduciary duty
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05 November 2024
Court of Appeal finds lenders liable in motor finance broker commission cases
02 July 2024
High Court finds agent breached fiduciary duty in "half secret" commission case
13 February 2023
Court of Appeal finds real issue to be tried as to whether developers owe fiduciary duties to Bitcoin owners
03 May 2022
Cryptocurrency, proprietary injunctions, freezing orders, and trusts: the law is not cryptic
19 April 2022
High Court finds developers did not owe duty to cryptoasset owners to enable access to lost cryptoassets
20 December 2021
High Court dismisses claim against banks involving allegations of front running/trading ahead on stop-loss orders on limitation grounds
18 December 2019
High Court upholds strike out of claim based on allegation a financial institution breached fiduciary duties as a shadow director of its customer
In a recent decision the High Court has held that a financial institution which is alleged to have been a shadow director of its customer will not be …
11 March 2019
Court of Appeal gives guidance on scope of fiduciary duty in "secret commissions" case
The Court of Appeal has found that there was no breach of fiduciary duty where an introducing broker failed to inform its client investors of the amount …
24 November 2015
Sharp & Ors v Blank & Ors: Directors' duties owed to company not shareholders when seeking shareholder approval for transaction
24 March 2015
Broker breached fiduciary duty by not disclosing sum of commission received
The Court of Appeal has held that a credit broker was in a fiduciary relationship with borrowers, with the consequence that the broker breached its …
18 February 2013
Structured credit products – key Australian decisions
In late 2012, the Federal Court of Australia handed down first instance judgments in two interesting cases involving claims brought by the purchasers of …