FYFFES GROUP LTD. AND OTHERS v. TEMPLEMAN AND OTHERS

[2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 643

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Toulson

Contract - Commission - Secret commission - Contracts negotiated for shipment of bananas - Allegation that secret commission paid to employee of claimants by defendants - Claimants claimed payment of all sums by way of bribes and secret commissions as damages and equitable compensation or an account of all profits made by the defendants as a result of dishonestly assisting in employee’s breaches of fiduciary duty - Whether defendants aware of true nature of commissions - Whether claimants entitled to damages.