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Description

• Updated text on derivative claims and unfair prejudice
• Includes a new chapter on directors duties
• Incorporates changes under the Companies Act
• Appendices including full range of forms, precedents and statutory material including relevant parts of the Companies Act
• Author team from a leading company law set, led by Victor Joffe QC

New to this edition

• The sections on derivative claims, limitations on the right to proceed by these claims and unfair prejudice have been subject to particularly thorough revision to include developments in the law
• Includes changes introduced by the expected Company Law Reform Act
• A new chapter on directors duties as far as they relate to minority shareholders, reflecting the prominence of this area in the new legislation

This leading work on the law relating to minority shareholders is now in its third edition.

There have been a number of important decisions since the last edition particularly on reflective loss, derivative claims and limitations on the right to proceed by those claims. The sections on derivative claims, limitations on the right to proceed by these claims and unfair prejudice have been subject to particularly thorough revision to include these developments in the law.

The new edition also includes changes introduced by the Companies Act. There is a new chapter on directors duties as far as they relate to minority shareholders, reflecting the prominence of this area in the new legislation.

Readership: The market for the work includes solicitors and barristers practising in corporate/company law and academics.

Contents
1. Derivative claims , Victor Joffe and Daniel Lightman

2. Personal claims , Victor Joffe and Giles Richardson

3. Rights conferred on shareholders by the Companies Act 1985 , Victor Joffe and Giles Richardson

4. Just and equitable winding up , Giles Richardson

5. Directors Duties , Victor Joffe

6. Unfair prejudice: the statutory remedy , Victor Joffe

7. Petitions under the Companies Act 1985, s 459 procedure , Daniel Lightman and David Drake

8. Taxation aspect of minority shareholder remedies , David Drake

Authors, editors, and contributors

Victor Joffe QC, Barrister, Serle Court, David Drake, Barrister, Serle Court, Giles Richardson, Barrister, Serle Court, and Daniel Lightman, Barrister, Serle Court Contributors:Victor Joffe QC, Serle Court David Drake, Serle Court Daniel Lightman, Serle Court Giles Richardson, Serle Court

Published Year: 2008 Format: Hard Back ISBN: 978-0-19-921451-8 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 592 Our Price: £ 115.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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