Company Act 2006
Codifies fiduciary duties of directors
S175
Must avoid any situation with potential for conflict of intereest
Particularly applies to
Property
information
opportunity
Except with consent of other directors
(only applies to companies formed after 1st Oct 2008)
S175(2)
Or if cannot reasonably be regarded as giving rise to conflict
Does not apply if conflict arises in relation to transaction with company itself
Must declare interest
S176
Must not accept benefits from third party conferred by reason fo directorship
S177
Duty to declare interest in proposed transaction or arrangement
Direct or indirect
Directors
Strict liability
Regal v Gulliver
IDC v Cooley
Same standard as trustees
Remedies
Must account for unauthorised profits made
Personal remedy
Opposite of contract- remove benefit
Proprietary claim
Claim for property you own
Shares not money used to purchase shares
No Profit rule
Competition with the trust
If trustee sets up business which competes with the trust, is accountable for any profits made.
Re Thompson
Injunction to prevent trustees carrying out competing business
Unauthorised remuneration of trustees
Trustees cannot demand payment for services unless authorised
Re Duke
Out of pocket expenses
S31(1)(A) TA 2000
Authorisation exception
Clause in TI
Charging clause= X
Beneficiaries' consent
Sui juris
Agreement must be fair
Full disclosure of facts
No undue influence
Court order
TA 2000
S28
Professional capacity
S28(5)
S29
Must be in a professional capacity
S29(2)(A)
All trustees must agree in writing
S29)2)
Can't use if solo trustee
Trustee corporations can
Incidental profits
Must account for any personal profit derived from trusteeship/trust property
Remuneration from a third party
Imageview Management v Jack
Can claim fees+ profits accounted for
Indirect remuneration
Will have to account if you make profit out of trusteeship
Williams v Barton
Can keep profits/position if acquired independently
Re Gee
If position obtained by virtue of being a trustee- No profit rule engaged
Re Macadam
Can keep if director before a trustee
Re Dover Coal Extension
Renewal of Trust leases
Breach duties and must account for profits made
Keech v Sandford
Strict liability
Applies to contracts-
Don King
Use of information and opportunities
Accountable for profits made from information/opportunities received by virtue of being a trustee
Boardman v Phipps
Guinness v Saunders
Strict liability
No conflict rule
Trustee sells trust property to himself
Self- Dealing
Voidable as of right.
Ex P Lacey
Strict liability
Ex P James
Always a breach
Exception- Authorisation
TI itself
Court order
Consent of the beneficiaries
Sui Juris
Know all facts
Trustee purchases beneficial interest
Fair- dealing rule
Beneficiary can avoid such a transaction
Reasonable time
Authorisation exception
Disclose all facts to B
Fair and honest transaction
B exercises' independent judgement
No undue influence
Bray v Ford