Minority Shareholders' Remedies

by A. J. Boyle

• ISBN13: 9780521791069
• ISBN10: 0521791065
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A. J. Boyle assesses the state of English company law on minority shareholders' remedies from historical, theoretical and comparative perspectives in this important addition to Cambridge Studies in Corporate Law. He analyses the reforms of the UK Law Commission, which have been further appraised and amplified by the work in progress of the Company Law Review Steering Group. The book covers the common law actions by exception to the Rule in Foss v. Harbottle, and the statutory remedies by way of petition for unfair prejudice and/or just and equitable winding up. As well as considering the complexities of derivative actions and statutory minority remedies, Boyle discusses directions for minority shareholders' remedies. Originally published in 2002, this book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in company and corporate law, particularly in the UK, US, France and Germany, as well as throughout the Commonwealth.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Tables of cases	ix
Table of statutes	xvi
The rule in Foss v. Harbottle	1	(23)
Shareholder actions by exception to the rule	24	(36)
A new derivative action	60	(30)
The statutory minority remedies	90	(29)
Reforming the statutory remedies	119	(21)
Index	140