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. 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.

The state of English company law on minority shareholders' remedies is analysed in the light of the UK Law Commission, further appraised by the Company Law Review Steering Group. As well as considering the complexities of derivative actions and statutory minority remedies, Boyle discusses future directions for minority shareholders' remedies.

This is an up-to-date practitioners' manual dealing with solutions for minority shareholders' grievances through litigation and self-help. Looking at and comparing the law in England and Australia, it deals with the common complaints of minority shareholders in listed public companies, quasi-partnership companies, and other types of companies. It covers the list of shareholders' agreements as a means of self-help, and is of value to general readers, especially small shareholders because of the growth of share owning in the UK. The book deals with the history of each remedy and indicates future trends in the law.

Written in a readable style, this book provides an account, and much-needed analysis, of minority shareholders rights and remedies under section 459 of the Companies Act 1985. In the study of minority shareholders rights, there has been a tendency to give inadequate attention to the remedies now available. This book take a new approach to the treatment of minority shareholders protection. Much of this book is devoted to a detailed study of the effectiveness of section 459 as a shareholders remedy. Commencing with an examination of the problems faced by a minority shareholder, the book goes on t.