Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company Europe Ltd v Orion Marine Insurance Underwriters Ltd: ChD 27 Oct 1994

An agent’s fiduciary duty to his principal survived the determination of his contract and he had a continuing duty to provide accounts. The court recognised the right of a principal to inspect and copy the content of both computerised and hard copy records of former underwriting agents as an incident of the agency relationship independent of any contractual term conferring a right to inspect and copy.

Times 27-Oct-1994, [1995] QB 174
England and Wales
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CitedFairstar Heavy Transport Nv v Adkins and Another CA 19-Jul-2013
The court was asked whether the appellant company was entitled to an order requiring its former Chief Executive Officer, after the termination of his appointment, to give it access to the content of emails relating to its business affairs, and . .

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Updated: 27 January 2022; Ref: scu.90656