Discretion

March 2018 In this recent case, Watson was a director of a company which provided services to Watchfinder, which trades luxury pre-owned watches. Watchfinder granted Watson an option to buy shares in it. The option said that ‘The Option may only be exercised with the consent of a majority of the board of directors of the Company’ (ie Watchfinder). Watchfinder said that this meant that the board had an unconditional right to veto the exercise of the option. What did the court say?...