Minority Shareholders Law, Practice, and Procedure

This well-established and authoritative work, now in its seventh edition, is the most detailed reference source on the law relating to minority shareholders. As more and more legal emphasis is put on corporate governance, and as the influence of shareholder activism continues to grow, this book is the leading resource for practitioners requiring up-to-date, detailed information on the rights and remedies available to minority shareholders. The book provides detailed and incisive coverage of section 994 petitions, derivative claims, just and equitable winding-up petitions, and the foreign aspects of shareholder disputes, as well as shareholders' personal claims against companies and the rights conferred on them by the Companies Act 2006. The seventh edition examines all significant recent case law from the UK, including Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd on reflective loss, and Loveridge v Loveridge, Re Westshield Ltd, and UTB plc v Sheffield Utd on unfair prejudice. The work also considers case law from courts of other jurisdictions with analogous shareholder provisions, in particular Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Caribbean.

1 - Directors' Duties
2 - Derivative Claims
3 - Personal Claims
4 - Rights Conferred on Shareholders by the Companies Act 2006
5 - Unfair Prejudice: The Statutory Remedy
6 - Unfair Prejudice: Remedies and Valuation
7 - Companies Act 2006, Section 994 Petitions: Procedure
8 - Just and Equitable Winding Up
9 - Foreign Aspects

Victor Joffe KC is a barrister formerly based at Serle Court in London, now based at Temple Chambers in Hong Kong. He specialises in corporate law relating to shareholder and internal disputes, corporate governance, protection of minority rights, directors' duties, and derivative actions. David Drake is a barrister based at Serle Court in London with a broad chancery commercial practice encompassing company law, civil fraud, commercial litigation and professional negligence. Giles Richardson KC is a barrister based at Serle Court in London. His practice encompasses a wide range of commercial and chancery disputes. Daniel Lightman KC is a barrister based at Serle Court in London specialising in civil fraud, commercial litigation, professional negligence, and company law. Timothy Collingwood KC is a barrister based at Serle Court in London. He has a broad commercial and chancery practice and extensive experience of claims concerned breaches of duty, and of shareholder disputes. Thomas Elias is a barrister based at Serle Court in London. He has a wide-ranging commercial chancery practice with a particular emphasis on business disputes. These frequently involve company law, breach of directors' duties, joint ventures, partnerships, insolvency, and intellectual property. Zahler Bryan is a barrister based at Serle Court with a broad commercial chancery practice incorporating company law, commercial litigation and contentious trusts. Prior to being called to the Bar in 2012 and converting to law Zahler attended Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, MPhil, DPhil).