Director Duties | Cases

Duty to act within powers (s171 CA)

Improper purpose

Re Smith & Fawcett Ltd [1942] Ch 304

Criterion Properties plc v Stratford UK Properties LLC [2004] UKHL 28

Hogg v Cramphorn Ltd [1967] Ch 254

Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum [1974] AC 821

Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc [2015] UKSC 71

Gratuitous payments

Parke v Daily News [1962] Ch 927 

Duty to promote the success of the company (s172 CA)

Duty to shareholders?

Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 421

Peskin v Anderson [2001] 1 BCLC 372

Duty to exercise independent judgment (s173 CA)

Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd v Hillman [2019] EWHC 485 (Ch)

Duty to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence (s174)

Madoff Securities International Ltd v Raven [2013] EWHC 3147 (Comm)

Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd [1925] Ch 407

Re D’Jan of London [1994] 1 BCLC 561

Brumder v Motornet Services and Repairs Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 195

Dovey v Cory [1901] A.C. 477

Duty to avoid conflicts of interest (s175 CA)

Towers v Premier Waste Management Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 923

Duty not to accept benefits from third parties (s176 CA)

Towers v Premier Waste Management Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 923