Minority Shareholders

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).

This is clearly a work for legal practitioners as well as for students. Written in an erudite but free-flowing style, it is packed with detailed case law (both UK and overseas), and examines with analytical precision the statutory framework and its relationship with the common law...one hopes for another splendid edition of this work in the near future.

• Introduction 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