Tag Archives: Duties

A UK dispute sheds light on the duties of a dissident director

A recent decision of the UK’s High Court — Stobart v Tinkler [2019] EWHC 258 (Comm) — has been released following a dispute between directors of a large infrastructure company (the “Company”). The decision, and the circumstances preceding it, serve … Continue reading

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Smith on Prescriptive Fiduciary Duties

Lionel Smith (McGill University, Faculty of Law, Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law; University of Oxford – Faculty of Law) has posted Prescriptive Fiduciary Duties ((2018), 37 University of Queensland Law Review 261-287) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: … Continue reading

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Recent New Jersey Rule Proposal Progresses State Efforts to Impose Fiduciary Duties on Brokers

On April 15, the New Jersey Bureau of Securities (the “Bureau”) issued a rule proposal to establish a uniform fiduciary duty standard applicable to investment advisers, brokers-dealers and their registered representatives and agents.  Specifically, the proposed rule (N.J.A.C. 13:47A-6.4), which … Continue reading

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Ending duties after the HRA

R (OAO Harris) v London Borough of Islington. High Court (Admin) CO/1282/2019 (unreported, settled March 2019.). This is a settled judicial review, I’ve seen the grounds, interim order and final consent order. It raises a number of issues about the … Continue reading

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Fach Gómez: Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators: A Transnational Study of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas

Katia Fach Gómez (Univ. of Zaragoza – Law) has published Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators: A Transnational Study of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas (Springer 2019). Here's the abstract:This book critically analyses how arbitration cases, institutional rules and emerging codes … Continue reading

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