Oppression of Shareholders in UK Law

  • Meyer v Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Julio 1958
    ... ... be successfully invoked, to show not only that there has been oppression of the minority shareholders of a company but also that it has been the ... ...
  • Johnson v Gore Wood & Company (A Firm)
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Diciembre 2000
    ... ... 's creditors are not prejudiced by the action of individual shareholders and ensure that a party does not recover compensation for a loss which ... the same purpose: to bring finality to litigation and avoid the oppression of subjecting a defendant unnecessarily to successive actions. While the ... ...
  • William Kurt Wallersteiner (Plaintiff Appellant) M. J. G Moir (Defendant Respondent) M. J. G Moir (Plaintiff on counterclaim) William Kurt Wallersteiner Hartley Baird Ltd and Another (Defendants on counterclaim)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Enero 1975
    ... ... He raised the matter at shareholders' meetings, but was abruptly cut off. The only way in which I he has been ... minority shareholders were discouraged from bringing fraud or oppression to light and seeking a remedy for fear of being beggared by costs. It is ... ...
  • Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd; Re Westbourne Galleries Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 03 Mayo 1972
    ... ... on the petition of the Appellant who is one of the three shareholders, the personal Respondents being the other two. The company is a private ... The petition contained allegations of oppression and misconduct against Mr. Nazar which were fully explored at the hearing ... ...
  • Cloverbay Ltd (Joint Administrators) v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Marzo 1990
    ... ... to obtain information on the one hand against the possible oppression to the person sought to be examined on the other. But Slade J. went ... and a lower value upon the protection of creditors and shareholders. Today we have no difficulty with the proposition that persons who have ... ...
  • Re Bird Precision Bellows Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Julio 1985
    ... ... the petitioners and the respondents, who were the majority shareholders, for the exploitation of certain processes with which the principal ... would have had at the date of the petition if there had been no oppression. Once the oppressor has bought the shares the company can survive. It can ... ...
  • Williams and Humbert Ltd v W. & H. Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Diciembre 1985
    ... ... to be paid after a valuation and agreement with the former shareholders or, failing agreement, by a determination of the provincial jury on ... to attack the motives of the Spanish legislators, to allege oppression on the part of the Spanish government and to question the good faith of ... ...
  • Re Harmer (H. R) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 17 Noviembre 1958
    ... ... company's business, and accordingly upon all its 'A' ordinary shareholders, of which shares he holds, as I have said, about one-tenth, and the ... This indicates that the oppression complained of must be complained of by a member of the company and must be ... ...
  • Rosemary Burr (Petitioner) v Alan Howard Harrison and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 Marzo 1994
    ... ... carry no votes but are entitled to a dividend, with the B shareholders entitled to 10% before payment to the C shareholders. For the purpose of ... 204) equated it with Lord Cooper's understanding of "oppression" in Elder v. Elder & Watson [1952] S.C. 49 : "a visible departure from ... ...
  • Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd; Re Westbourne Galleries Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 03 Mayo 1972
    ... ... on the petition of the Appellant who is one of the three shareholders, the personal Respondents being the other two. The company is a private ... The petition contained allegations of oppression and misconduct against Mr. Nazar which were fully explored at the hearing ... ...
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