Extending the scope of proprietary remedies to recovery of pure profits from successful investment of bribes: the endgames in Lister v Stubbs

• Main Authors: Hingun, Mohsin, Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/48035/1/48035.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/48035/; http://lawconference.uum.edu.my/

For more than a century Lister v Stubbs (1890) 45 Ch D 1 stood as authoritative Court of Appeal judgment denying the recovery of profits acquired from the successful investment of gains obtained in breach of fiduciary duties. The rule was rationalized on the basis that while the claimant was entitle...