Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1988 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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Halcyon House Ltd v Caroline Baines and Others
...v. Bryant, supra, are material to the questions which I need to decide, but principle 5 is particularly significant. 223 In Balston Ltd. v. Headline Filters Ltd. [1990] FSR 385 Falconer J at page 412 said:- " In my judgment an intention by a director of a company to set up business in compe......
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Shepherds Investments Ltd v Walters and Others
...to be part of that threat." 90 Having referred to, and considered, the decision of Falconer J in Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd [1990] FSR 385 and other cases, Hart J said as follows at paragraph [89]: "89…. A director's duty to act so as to promote the best interests of his company pri......
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Recovery Partners GP Ltd Revoker LLP v Mr Irakli Rukhadze
...CMS Dolphin at [87], [95]. British Midland Tool at [89]. Shepherd Investments Ltd v Walters [2007] FSR 15, Balston v Headline Filters Ltd [1990] FSR 385 at 412. ii) In general, fiduciary duties do not extend beyond the end of the relevant relationship: “We do not recognize the concept of a ......
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Crowson Fabrics Ltd v Rider and Others
...obligations. 29. Mr Tunnard relied on the dicta of Hawkins J in Robb (q.v.supra). In Balston Ltd & Anr v Headline Filters Ltd & AnrUNK [1990] FSR 385 a former director who set up a rival factory and had taken a lease on future business premises and formed a company for his activity was held......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Employee Competition: Recent Cases
...has been considered in a number of cases over the years, some of the more important of which include: Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd [1990] FSR 385 (Falconer J); Lancashire Fires Ltd v S A Lyons & Co Ltd [1997] IRLR 113 (CA); CMS Dolphin v Simonet [2001] 2 BCLC 84 (Lawrence Collins ......
4 books & journal articles
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Principle 6 of the Proposed Statement of Directors' Duties
...Relationships (Sydney: The Law BookCompany Limited, 1987) 149.29 Lowry and Edmunds, n 27 above.30 [1967] 2 AC 134.31 [1986] BCLC 460.32 [1990] FSR 385.33 Peso Silver Mines Ltd vCropper (1966) 58 DLR (2d) 1, in which the Supreme Court of Canadaunanimously upheld a decision of the British Col......
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The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine: The Shifting Boundaries of the Duty and its Remedies
...Profits’ (1979) 42 MLR 215.33 [1986] BCLC 460.34 n 1 above.35 n 33 above, 482. See further, Farrar’s Company Law n 1 above, 424.36 [1990] FSR 385. See also, Framlington Group plc vAnderson [1995] 1 BCLC 475.37 See further, Lowry, ‘Regal (Hastings) Fifty Years On: Breaking The Bonds Of The A......
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Business integrity v. business efficiency: the corporate opportunity doctrine in China
...1 WLR 443.5. Peso Silver Mines v Cropper (1966) 58 DLR (2d)1; Queensland Mines Ltd v Hudson (1978) 52ALJR 399.6. [1986] BCLC 460.7. [1990] FSR 385.8. Section 175 (4)(b), CA 2006.9. Section 175 (4)(a), CA 2006.10. Section 175 (6), CA 2006.11. Section 175 (5), CA 2006.12. Section 239 (2), CA ......
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Guiding Principles for Directorial Conflicts of Interest: Re Allied Business and Financial Consultants Ltd; O'Donnell v Shanahan
...Court of Appeal: ReBhullar Bros Ltd’ [2005] JBL6 69, 670.5Island ExportFinance Ltd vUmunna [1986] BCLC 460; BalstonvHeadline Filters Ltd [1990]FSR 385;Framlington Groupplc vAndersen [1995] 1 BC LC 475.6Industrial DevelopmentConsultantsLtd vCoole y [1972]2 All ER162;GencorACP Ltd vDalby [200......