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A duty of good faith as between shareholders

I recently delivered a talk on the emerging duty of good faith as between shareholders which you might find interesting.

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Shareholder Protection From Unfair Prejudice: (1) Jurisdiction; and (2)Practice and procedure

Andrew Marsden examines the jurisdiction under sections 994-996 Companies Act 2006 and key aspects of practice and procedure relating to applications for relief from unfairly prejudicial conduct of a company’s affairs

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Shareholder Protection From Unfair Prejudice: (3) The elements of unfairness and prejudice

Andrew Marsden takes a more in-depth look at the concepts of “unfairness” and “prejudice” in the context of applications for relief from unfairly prejudicial conduct under sections 994-996 Companies Act 2006.

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Shareholder Protection From Unfair Prejudice: (4) Examples commonly encountered in practice

Andrew Marsden surveys some of the more common examples of unfairly prejudicial conduct of a company’s affairs encountered in practice in claims for relief under sections 994-996 Companies Act 2006.

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Shareholder Protection From Unfair Prejudice: (5) Remedies; and (6) Offers to purchase/striking out

Andrew reviews the remedies available under sections 994-996 Companies Act 2006 In respect of unfairly prejudicial conduct of a company’s affairs and considers offers to purchase and strike out applications

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Valuation of shareholdings in private companies & other business interests (1)

Andrew Marsden and Roger Isaacs consider the principles and practice of valuation of interests in private companies in the context of claims for relief from unfairly prejudicial conduct under section 994 Companies Act 2006 and of commercial agencies in the context of the Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.

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Valuation of shareholdings in private companies and other business interests (2)

Andrew Marsden and Roger Isaacs continue their consideration of the principles and practice of valuation of interests in private companies in the context of claims for relief from unfairly prejudicial conduct under section 994 Companies Act 2006 and of commercial agencies in the context of the Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.

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The law relating to commercial agents 1

Andrew Marsden reviews the law relating to “commercial agents” within the meaning of the Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.

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The law relating to commercial agents 2

Andrew Marsden continues his review of the law relating to “commercial agents” within the meaning of the Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.

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Publications

Shareholder Protection from Unfairly Prejudicial Conduct: Case and Statute Citator 2024

The 2024 edition from Andrew Marsden provides a useful and accessible source of reference to the law regarding the protection of shareholders/members from unfairly prejudicial conduct of a company’s or partnership’s affairs.

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Civil Procedure Rules 1998 Practice Direction 49A

Civil Procedure Rules 1998 Practice Direction 49A

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Good faith

“Good faith” – when it is owed, what it involves and its growing importance in claims for relief from unfairly prejudicial conduct pursuant to section 994 Companies Act 2006.

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O’Neill v Phillips [1999] 1 WLR 1092

The Leading authority on the protection of shareholders from unfairly prejudicial conduct.

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Putting a Price on the Crown Jewels

Valuation of shareholdings in unquoted companies and other business interests – Putting a price on the Crown Jewels.

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Commercial Agents: Case and Statute Citator 2024

I am pleased to announce the latest edition of the Case and Statute Citator that I publish regarding Commercial Agents.

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Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam Limited [2007] UKHL 32

The leading case on commercial agents

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Council Directive of 18 December 1986 on the Co-Ordination of the Laws of the Member States Relating to Self-Employed Commercial Agents

The European Union Council Directive

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Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (SI 1993/3053)

The regulations relating to commercial agents.

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