6 Sept 1995
KISHIMOTO SANGYO CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER v. AKIHIRO OBA AND OTHERS
- Citation
- KISHIMOTO SANGYO CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER v. AKIHIRO OBA AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA396/1995
The Court found that Oba, while a managing director, conceived and pursued the establishment of BOIS and cultivated suppliers and Prime View so as to divert a maturing business opportunity which Kishimoto Japan was actively pursuing; his fiduciary duty survived resignation in the circumstances; accordingly judgment for Kishimoto Japan against Oba for damages (chance assessed at 50%) and for Kishimoto HK against Oba and Leung for breaches of fidelity was entered and an injunction restraining the defendants from participating in the Prime View business was granted; BOIS is bound by Oba's preclu…