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Bhullar v. Bhullar

UK Court of Appeal decision holding that directors breached duty by taking a property opportunity sufficiently connected to the company's existing business, even though the company was not actively pursuing it.

Use It For

Use this with Regal and Guth to test how far a director’s duty to avoid conflict extends when the company has not formally considered the opportunity.

Teaching Notes

The facts are a good prompt for asking whether “the company was not interested” is a defense or a conclusion that itself depends on proper disclosure and board choice.