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Furs Ltd v Tomkies

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JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1936-0213 HCA C,[1936] HCA 3
Date1936
Year1936
CourtHigh Court
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59 cases
  • Grimaldi v Chameleon Mining NL (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
  • Wingecarribee Shire Council v Lehman Brothers Australia Ltd (in Liquidation)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Gwembe Valley Development Company Ltd v Koshy and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 July 2003
    ...and elegantly explained in the joint judgment of Rich, Dixon and Evatt JJ in the High Court of Australia in Furs Ltd v. Tomkies (1936) 54 CLR 583 at 592 as: "….the inflexible rule that, except under the authority of a provision in the articles of association, no director shall obtain for hi......
  • Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 27 July 2005
    ...was "forcefully expressed and elegantly explained" in the joint judgment of Rich, Dixon and Evatt JJ in the High Court of Australia in Furs Ltd v Tomkies (1936) 54 CLR 583 at 592 as follows: "…..the inflexible rule that, except under the authority of a provision in the articles of associati......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Stronger Super: a new dawn for trustee governance
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 July 2013
    ...18 ALR 1; Industrial Development Consultants Ltd v Cooley [1972] 2 All ER 162. 20 Cook v Deeks [1916] 1 AC 554; Furs Ltd v Tomkies (1936) 54 CLR 583. 21 Shey Newitt, "Trustee board governance in the not-for-profit superannuation sector", 5 May 2009, available at http://www.aist.asn.au/media......
5 books & journal articles
  • UNAUTHORISED FIDUCIARY GAINS AND THE CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...Campbell, “Are Proprietary Remedies to Recover Bribes Possible?”(2013) 37 Aust Bar Rev 231. 19(1915) 20 CLR 285. 20(1916) 22 CLR 402. 21(1936) 54 CLR 583. 22Furs Ltd v Tomkies(1936) 54 CLR 583 at 592. 23(1984) 154 CLR 178, applying Keech v Sandford(1726) Sel Cas Ch 61. 24 See, eg, Keith Hen......
  • SELF-DEALING AND NO-PROFIT RULES: COMPANIES ACT 2016
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...[2007] 6 AMR 27; [2007] 6 MLJ 293. See also Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339 and Furs Ltd v Tomkies (1936) 54 CLR 583. 159 [1979] AC 374 at 380, per Lord Diplock. 160 Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1967] 2 AC 134; [1942] 1 All ER 378. 161 Bristol and West Bui......
  • RECONFIGURING THE NO CONFLICT RULE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...Allied Business and Financial Consultants Ltd, O'Donnell v ShanahanUNK [2009] 2 BCLC 666 at [56]–[58]. 132 (1874) LR 10 Ch App 96. 133 (1936) 54 CLR 583. 134 Regal (Hastings) Ltd v GulliverELR [1967] 2 AC 134 at 144–145, [1942] 1 All ER 378 at 386. 135 Likewise in Bhullar v BhullarUNK[2003]......
  • Remedies for Dishonest Assistance
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 67-1, January 2004
    • 1 January 2004
    ...& Co Ltd [1901]1 Ch 279;Boardman vPhipps [1967] AC 46 (HL).75 Lord Millett, ‘BookReview’ (2002) 2 OUCLJ 291, 295.76 FursLtd vTomkies (1936) 54 CLR 583(HCA) 592; Scott vScott(1963) 10 9 CLR 649 (HCA); Regal(Hastings) LimitedvGulliver [1967] 2 AC134 (HL) 144.The same idea is re£ected in Ameri......
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