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Leading Case
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Erlanger v New Sombrero Phosphate Co
(1878) 3 App Cas 1218 (HL)
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stand in a fiduciary relationship to it and must disclose interests and profits; an undisclosed profit contract may be rescinded if restitution remains substantially possible and the claimant has not been guilty of laches.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
c
Related Cases
R v Rahman [2008] UKHL 45; [2009] 1 AC 129; [2008] 3 WLR 264; [2008] 4 All ER 351