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-{{a|contract|}}When an [[agent]] deals with a [[counterparty]] on its [[principal]]’s behalf, the agent must account for the transaction proceeds to the principal. The agent cannot make a [[secret profit]] from the principal’s assets. For example, say I gave you £50 to run up to the super ''Black Gull Bookshop'' in East Finchley to buy a copy of the gorgeous Folio Society edition of {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} which I saw in the window for £50. If, when you get there, the book is on special, and you manage to buy it for £30, you don’t get to keep the £20 change, even though I was quite prepared to pay £50 for the book.
+{{a|contract|}}When an [[agent]] deals with a [[counterparty]] on its [[principal]]’s behalf, the agent must account for the transaction proceeds to the principal. The agent cannot make a [[secret profit]] from the principal’s assets.
+For example, say I gave you £50 to run up to the super ''Black Gull Bookshop'' in East Finchley to buy a copy of the gorgeous Folio Society edition of {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} which I saw in the window for £50.
+If, when you get there, the book is on special, and you manage to buy it for £30, you don’t get to keep the £20 change, even though I was quite prepared to pay £50 for the book. You must account to me for the £20. Seems obvious, right?
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