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Legal analysis of key UK Supreme Court ruling on secret commissions

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The recent ruling in the motor finance case is important in clarifying the law.

In a 110-page judgment published on August 1, the Supreme Court significantly clarified the law around secret commissions.

The Supreme Court clarified that (1) the tort of bribery will only be engaged when the recipient is under a fiduciary duty of loyalty; and (2) once the fiduciary duty of loyalty applies,

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