Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1988
Year1988
CourtChancery Division

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22 cases
  • Halcyon House Ltd v Caroline Baines and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 11 July 2014
    ... ... 223 In Balston Ltd. v. Headline Filters Ltd. [1990] FSR 385 Falconer J at page 412 said:- " ... ...
  • Recovery Partners GP Ltd Revoker LLP v Mr Irakli Rukhadze
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 1 November 2018
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • Crowson Fabrics Ltd v Rider and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 20 December 2007
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • First Subsea Ltd v Balltec Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 25 March 2014
    ... ... of Etherton J are in my judgment entirely consistent with the principles stated in Balston Ltd v Headline Filters Ltd [1990] FSR 385 at page 412 and Framlington Group Plc v Anderson ... ...
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Employee Competition: Recent Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 7 July 2010
    ...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
  • Principle 6 of the Proposed Statement of Directors' Duties
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 66-6, November 2003
    • 1 November 2003
    ...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......
  • The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine: The Shifting Boundaries of the Duty and its Remedies
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 61-4, July 1998
    • 1 July 1998
    ...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......
  • Business integrity v. business efficiency: the corporate opportunity doctrine in China
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 23-1, January 2016
    • 4 January 2016
    ...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 ......
  • Guiding Principles for Directorial Conflicts of Interest: Re Allied Business and Financial Consultants Ltd; O'Donnell v Shanahan
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 74-4, July 2011
    • 1 July 2011
    ...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......