Dunne v English

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
Year1865
CourtEquity
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29 cases
  • David and Barbara Abbott and Others v RCI Europe
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • October 20, 2016
    ...Group (UK) plc v. Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] UKSC 58; [2015] AC 1503, Bristol and West Building Society v. Mothew [1998] Ch 1, Dunne v. English (1874) LR 18 Eq 524, Twinsectra v. Yardley [2002] 2 AC 164 and Hospital Products Limited v. United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 1......
  • Jeremy Hosking v Marathon Asset Management LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • October 5, 2016
    ...is an agent that the fiduciary character arises". The fact that a partner is an agent for the firm was also recognised in, for example, Dunne v English (1874) 18 Eq 524, where Jessel MR said of a partner (at 532): "The Defendant was not only in law the agent of the partnership to sell (bein......
  • Rossetti Marketing Ltd and Another v Diamond Sofa Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • January 30, 2012
    ...competing principals what is required is full disclosure, which the agent must prove, and consent on the part of the principal. Dunne v English (1874) LR 18 Eq 524, 533–4 and other English authorities are cited in support. Illustrative is Hurstanger Ltd v Wilson [2007] EWCA Civ 299, where......
  • FHR European Ventures LLP v Mankarious
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • July 16, 2014
    ...to fiduciary duties, such "informed consent" is only effective if it is given after "full disclosure", to quote Sir George Jessel MR in Dunne v English (1874) LR 18 Eq 524, 6 Another well established principle, which applies where an agent receives a benefit in breach of his fiduciary duty......
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  • The contemporary auditor -a watchdog: new wine in old wine skins?
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 10-1, June 2000
    • June 1, 2000
    ...'Prince Jefri Bolkiah v. KPMG; The Rejection Of An Inadequate Chinese Wall' (1999) 20 Company Lawyer 236. 15 See Dunne v. English (1874) LR 18 Eq 524 and Parker v. Mc Kenna (1874) LR 10 Ch App. 96, on the issue of fully informed consent. 16 See further, Barboutis. ibid at p. 291. 17 Poser, ......

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