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s239 CA 2006

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Directors may avoid liability if breach is capable of subsequent approval / ratification by sharheolders

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Are remedies for breach in the CA 2004?

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No s178 provides that common law and equitable remedies still apply

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Shareholders sanctions

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MA 4 - SR can force to do or not to do
s168 CA 2006 - Removal by SR
s21 CA 2006 - Amendment of Articles

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Key powers of directors

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MA 3 - Manage company
MA 8 - pass decisions by unanimous consent

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Principle of equitable fiduciary duties

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  • Must not benefit from their position of trust
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Case law for Directors Duties

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Older case law still valid, as Directors duties are interepted in line with Common Law and Equitable Principles

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General Duties of Directors under Part 10 CA 2006

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171 - Act within powers
172 - promote success of company
173 - Independent powers
174 - Reasonable skill care and diligence
175 - Avoid CoI
176 - Benefits from third partes
177 - Interest in transactions

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s171 - Quick fire

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Act within powers

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s172 - Quick fire

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Promote success of company

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s173 - Quick fire

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Independent judgement

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s174 - Quick fire

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Reasonable skill, care and diligence

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s175 - Quick fire

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Avoid Conflicts of Interests

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s176 - Quick fire

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Avoid benefits from third parties

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s177 - Quick fire

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Disclose interests in transactions to the board

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Section 171 Components

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Act within powers
- Duty to act within company’s constitution
- Duty to exercise powers for the purposes they are conferred (Proper Purposes)`

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Proper Purpose

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Bona fide interests of the company, not for any collateral purpose.

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Hogg v Cramphorn

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New shares issued to employees
Special voting rights
Avoid hostile takehover.
* Allotment of shares held to be void and improper use of directors power to issue shares
* Capable of ratification by shareholders.

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Howard Smith v Ampol Petroleum Ltd

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  • Issue of shares to frustrate takeover
  • Not proper purpose
  • Proper purse raising equity
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Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas Plc

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  • Disenfranchise for non comopliance
  • Corporate raid
  • Exploiit minority to get effective voting control, without paying pprice for shares
  • Disclosure notices - used to prevent minority voting
  • Not proper purposes
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Key case for determinining improper purpose

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Extrasure travel insurances ltd v scattergood.

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Extrasure travel insurances ltd v scattergood.

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  • Objective test for improper purpose
  • Identify power exercise in question
  • Identify the purpose of the delegated power
  • Identify the substantial purpose of powers use
  • Decide if proper
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Teck Corporation v Millar

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  • Overlap between proper purpose and successs (172)
  • If takeover will cause substantial damage / be a bad deal
  • May be able to issue shares for other reasons that raising capital
    Provided it is for benefit of the whole
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Section 172

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Promote success of the company
* Act honestly and in good faith
* In the interests of the company
* Subjective test - element of objectivity (Reasonable director)
* Success of company - relies on relationships

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Defining success

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s 172(A)
Long term increase in value

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What is not success of a company
* Preference payments - breach of creditors interests * Hiding director misconduct
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Section 173
Independent judgment - bust not agree to fetter discretion of directors Individual nature of duty
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Fulham Football Club v Cabara Estates
Legitimate business interest to fetter directors discretion
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Madoff Securities INternational v Raven
Individual nature of duty when acting
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Section 174
Duty to exercise reasonable skill and care and diligence * Reasonable foresight of "reasonably competent" * Subjective / objective test - whichever is higher.
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Re D'Jan of London Ltd
Directors actions measured against the conduct of a reasonably diligent person. * Must maintain sufficient knowledge * Must have supervisory oversight if delegate
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Re Barubgs Okc
Supervision of a director / Deputy Chairman expected. Collective and individual duty to maintain sufficient knowledge
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Lexi Holdings Plc v Luqman
Two sisters not absolved from brother who stole £60 mill Negligent and jointly liable for
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Defer to creater experience
Legitimate to defer to fellow director with greater experience. Madoff Securities International Ltd v Raven
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Fiduciary directors duties include
175 - Conflict of Interest 176 - Benefits from third parties 177 - Disclose third party transactions
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Boardman v Phipps
Whether a reasonable man looking at the relevant facts and circumstances would think that there is a real and sensible possibility of conflict.
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Corporate opportunities are...
an asset of the company These cannot be misappropriated by the director.
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Cook v Deeks
3 directors wanted a personal contract for railway company. Built up considerable good will = opportunity of company
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Can a director resign to exploit a corporate opportunity
Clearly no
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Setting up a company to exploit commercial opportunity
Not okay to exploit / not disclose intentions
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Can a person have competing directorships
Generally no unless gain informed consent from both principals
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Plus Group Ltd v Pyke
* Stoke * Business relationships deteriorate * Competing business. * No breach of duty - large sums of money
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Difference between 177 and 182
* Sanctions * Civil sanctions for failure to disclose prior to transaction * Criminal sanctions for failure to disclose after transaction
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What can be sanction by disclosure to board, and what needs member approval
* 177 - transactions with interest - disclosed to the board * 190 - 203: provisions do not apply to property transactions, loans and quasi loans
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Shareholder approval required for
* Long term service contracts * Substantial property transactions * Loans, quasi loans and credit transactions * Payments for lost offic
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Substantial property transactions
* Between company and directors (or connected person) * Non cash assets * Require PPR approvalS
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Substantial assets
* Exceeds 10% of company asset value and is more than £5k * Exceeds £100 000
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Approval of Substantial Property Transactions
* Approval obtained before by OR * Or transaction subject / conditional to approval * Can be approved after the event (s196) * Does not absolve directors of potential liability
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Connected person
* Family (not siblings, aunts, grandparents) * Companies that director or connected persons own more than 20% * Business partner * Trustees of a trust benefitting directors or connected persons
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Remedies: Substantial Property Transactions
* Voidable if no shareholder approval * Unless - Resitution not possible - Indemnified - Rights acquired by another party in good faith for value, without notice of contravention
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Directors are liable
To account for profits made, and indemnify the company for losses
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Loans to directors
OR required Shareholders must get a memo - detailing, amount, purpose, company liability, nature of transactions.
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Is it possible for shareholders to approve loan transaction after event?
Yes - 214 Does not absolve liability under s2139
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Payments for loss of directors
* To be approved by way of ordinary resolution if over £200 * If not approved by shareholders - payment is held on trust for the company
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Remedies for breach of fiduciary dity
* Damages * Injunction * Account for profits (property and personal) * Recission
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Account for profits - personal remedy
Only profits received as a result of breach are payable Regardless of whether an honest breach
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Profits from fraudulent misrepresentation
All repayable
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Account for profits -proprietary remedy
* Profits held on constructive trust where identified as an asset that can be. FHR European Ventues LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC.
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FHR European Ventues LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC.
10 MILL EURO secret commission, Held on trust for princial
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Relief from liability
* Prior authorisation by directors (175 and 177) * Prior consent from shareholders (180) * Ratification by shareholders 239 * Relief granted from court
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Prior approval of directors
No breach of duty for the transactions (175 or 177)
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s180
Retains common law and equitable rules which allow shareholders to authorise in advance conduct Not acts that are unlawful s180
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Ratification
Can ratify any conduct amounting to breach of duty By Ordinary Resolution s 239 Must be passed disregarding votes from connected persons or director involved.
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Approval by shareholders will only be effective if....
Decision is honest Bona fide In the best interests of the company, including creditors
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Relief granted by court
s 1157 Acted honestly = subjective reasonably = objective * Considering all circumstances ought fairly to be excusd
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Indemnity and insurance
Cannot exempt from liability - any such provision will be void But can provide insurance against liability, third party indemnity, pensionscheme indemnity.
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