I. Question 1
Courts have identified two categories of fiduciary relationships: The first is “inherently fiduciary” and the second is “fact-based”. The circumstances in which a fiduciary relationship would arise include:
A. Undertaking of trust and confidence
Mostly, fiduciary relationships involve an agreement where one party accepts from another on trust, the exercise of a power or discretion over his or her interests. The agreement does not need to be contractual. The key criterion is whether ‘one party is reasonably entitled to repose and does repose trust and confidence in another’. That is when any particular aspect of the agreement gives rise to an obligation of loyalty, beyond the contractual terms.
B. Vulnerability
Often a
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Moreover, a fiduciary relationship does not arise where one of the parties has failed to protect himself adequately. However, Mason J (dissent) found there was a limited fiduciary relationship. Although HPI was entitled to act in its own interests, it is not inconsistent with a fiduciary relationship if there is also an obligation to act in another’s interests.
In contrast, the NZSC in Chrinside v Fay [2006] unanimously held the parties in a joint venture owed each other fiduciary duties. A joint venture with a view of sharing the profit is inherently fiduciary per Elias CJ. Further, when a joint venture had sufficiently advanced beyond mere discussion of possibilities to making plan, costing and implementing, it does amount to a relationship of fiduciary per Gault J. Moreover, most joint venture relationships can properly be regarded as being inherently fiduciary because of the analogy with partnerships per Tipping and Blanchard JJ. The key point is whether the relationship entitled one party to repose trust and confidence in the other party.
In my view the New Zealand Supreme Court’s approach is more convincing.
III. Question 3
There is a presumptive requirement that once a breach of fiduciary duty has been established the errant fiduciary must disgorge all profits made by dint of the breach. There are two main exceptions to that rule. First is where there has been some antecedent agreement for profit
A fiduciary duty is defined by the Wex Legal Dictionary as, “a legal duty to act solely in another party's interests” and goes on to elaborate that, “fiduciaries may not profit from their relationship with their principals unless they have the principals' express informed consent. They also have a duty to avoid any conflicts of interest between themselves and their principals or between their principals and the fiduciaries' other clients”. When Telemachus formed the Delta & Delta Realty Trust in August of 1971 with funds meant for Evanthea’s benefit, he breached his fiduciary duty, causing her injury. This pattern continued, as Telemachus proceeded to fraudulently transfer interest payments intended for Evanthea to the Delta & Delta Realty Trust, improperly enriching himself beginning January 2, 1973 and onward through to 1987, wrongfully redeeming shares of stock belonging to members of George’s surviving family for his own benefit, that of his family, to friends, and to his own business. In order to find these actions fraudulent, one must prove that there was an intentional misrepresentation of facts that were reasonably relied upon by the injured parties, which were the proximate cause of injury and damages. When Telemachus intentionally drew funds without the knowledge or consent of
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