普通法上董事侵权责任解说——由香港法院近年判例引起的思考

Research on Director Tort Liability in Common Law——Reflections Prompted by Cases of Hong Kong Court in Recent Years

近年来中国内地与中国香港特区社会经济交流日益增多。作为公司法律制度较为健全的司法域,中国香港特区的公司法判例中有很多做法值得内地借鉴,其中有关公司董事侵权归责的处理则是一例。以香港公司法上董事侵权案件为引,深入探讨香港乃至英国普通法系统上的董事侵权问题,包括过失侵权和故意侵权两类形式,认为公司董事侵权责任应受侵权法约束,解释了"个人责任假定"测试的内涵,主张代理说较代表说更具理论优势和实践可行性。

In recent years, social and economic interactions between Hong Kong SAR and Chinese mainland are on the rise. With a sound judicial system of company laws, Hong Kong-＇s legal cases in this field provide lots of references for Chinese mainland, including the liability fixation in director tort. Using cases of director tort in Hang Kong company laws, this paper carries out an in- depth study of liability fixation of director tort in Hong Kong as well as British common law, including negligence tort and deliberate tort. It argues that director tort should be restricted by tort law and explains the content of ＂personal liability assumed＂. It puts forward that ＂agency theory＂ is theoretically and practically better than ＂deputy theory＂.