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United Kingdom braganzashare optionsgood faith

HHJ Waksman QC's observations in Watson v Watchfinder.co.uk

[2017] EWHC 1275 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Year2017
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A contractual provision making the exercise of a share option subject to 'the consent of a majority of the board of directors' confers not an unfettered veto but a discretion which, as a matter of implied term, must be exercised in good faith and not arbitrarily, capriciously, unreasonably or for an improper purpose.

Area of Law

General

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