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Secret Commissions: Unauthorised profits
Mark Pawlowski and James Brown consider a recent ruling on proprietary relief for a secret commission acquired by an agent for securing the purchase of a property The difficulty confronting future courts will be to identify which situations fall within the opportunity category identified in Sinclair and which fall outside it. It is trite law …
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- AG for Hong Kong v Reid [1993] UKPC 2
- Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424; [2003] WTLR 1397
- Boardman v Phipps [1966] UKHL 2
- FHR European Ventures LLP v Mankarious & ors [2013] EWCA Civ 17; [2013] WTLR 631 CA
- Foskett v McKeown & ors [2000] UKHL 29; [2000] WTLR 667
- Keech v Sandford [1726] EWHC Ch J76
- Lister & Co v Stubbs (1890) 45 Ch D 1
- Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd [2011] WTLR 839; [2011] EWCA Civ 347; [2011] WTLR 1043
- Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns [1995] UKHL 10