OBG Ltd v Allan

Subject Matter

TORT — Cause of action — Procuring breach of contract — Invalidly appointed receivers assuming control of company's contracts — Whether wrongful interference with contractual relations — Whether conversion of company's contracts

[2005] EWCA Civ 106; [2005] QB 762; [2005] 2 WLR 1174; [2005] 2 All ER 602; [2005] 1 All ER (Comm) 639, CA

TORT — Cause of action — Inducing breach of contract — Claimant's employees acting in breach of employment contract by carrying out property development scheme for their own benefit — Scheme financed by defendant after being assured by employees that scheme not in conflict with employees' duties to claimant — Whether defendant liable to claimant for inducing breach of contract

[2007] UKHL 21; [2008] AC 1; [2008] 1 AC 1; [2007] 2 WLR 920; [2007] Bus LR 1600; [2007] 4 All ER 545; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 1, HL(E)

TORT — Cause of action — Procuring breach of contract — Invalidly appointed receivers assuming control of company's contracts — Whether wrongful interference with contractual relations — Whether conversion of company's contracts

[2007] UKHL 21; [2008] AC 1; [2008] 1 AC 1; [2007] 2 WLR 920; [2007] Bus LR 1600; [2007] 4 All ER 545; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 1, HL(E)

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Damages — Celebrity couple granting magazine exclusive rights to publish selected photographs of wedding — Photography forbidden at wedding except by couple’s official photographer — Publication by rival magazine of photographs taken surreptitiously — Whether authorised publisher having cause of action against rival publisher for economic torts of unlawful interference with business or conspiracy to injure

[2007] UKHL 21; [2008] AC 1; [2008] 1 AC 1; [2007] 2 WLR 920; [2007] Bus LR 1600; [2007] 4 All ER 545; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 1, HL(E)

TORT — Cause of action — Inducing breach of contract — Claimant’s employees acting in breach of employment contract by carrying out property development scheme for their own benefit — Scheme financed by defendant after being assured by employees that scheme not in conflict with employees’ duties to claimant — Whether defendant liable to claimant for inducing breach of contract

[2007] UKHL 21; [2008] AC 1; [2008] 1 AC 1; [2007] 2 WLR 920; [2007] Bus LR 1600; [2007] 4 All ER 545; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 1, HL(E)

TORT — Cause of action — Procuring breach of contract — Invalidly appointed receivers assuming control of company’s contracts — Whether wrongful interference with contractual relations — Whether conversion of company’s contracts

[2007] UKHL 21; [2008] AC 1; [2008] 1 AC 1; [2007] 2 WLR 920; [2007] Bus LR 1600; [2007] 4 All ER 545; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 1, HL(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

Law Quarterly Review
Self-appointed agents - liability in tort (2007) 123 LQR 519

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Exceptional Cases - Privacy: new or extended torts 37.39

Exceptional Cases - Protection of private or confidential information 37.41