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Erlanger v New Sombrero Phosphate Co

(1878) 3 App Cas 1218 (HL)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1878
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Promoters of a company stand in a fiduciary relationship to it and must disclose interests and profits; an undisclosed profit contract may be rescinded if restitution remains substantially possible and the claimant has not been guilty of laches.

Area of Law

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