Percival v Wright (1902) 2 Ch 421

The courts have been reluctant to impose a duty on officers of a corporation not to insider trade. In this case Swinfen Eady J said that management of a corporation does not owe a fiduciary duty to shareholders to avoid misusing corporate information for its own benefit - their only duty was to the company.

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