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UK Supreme Court: ex-director’s unauthorised post-liquidation transfer breached fiduciary duties; unpaid vendor’s lien excluded; equitable compensation assessed on just and equitable date, limiting Target and AIB

Published on: 25 November 2025

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Supreme Court rules that a director who unlawfully moves company assets following liquidation commits a breach of fiduciary duty and must reimburse the company for the consequent loss (Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber) Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) (Respondents) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (Appellant); Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) (Appellants) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (Respondent) No 2 [2025] UKSC 43

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Sheikh Mohamed Al Jaber ('the Sheikh') is a prominent global entrepreneur and serves as founder and chair of numerous business enterprises. He acted as a director of MBI International & Partners Inc (the 'Company'), which was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on 24 July 1990. In these proceedings, the Company's liquidators pursued equitable compensation against both the Sheikh and JJW Guernsey (a company associated with the Sheikh). In March 2009, the Company purchased 891,761 shares (the '891K shares') in JJW Inc (another entity connected to the Sheikh) under two share purchase agreements (the 'March 2009 transfers')...

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