In re Brenfield Squash Rackets Ltd: ChD 1996

The court heard an application by a minority shareholder for an order for the sale of the interest of the majority shareholder to him. Rattee J said: ‘It may be comparatively unusual for a majority shareholder of the company to be ordered to sell its shares to minority shareholder petitioners, but in the circumstances of this case I consider it appropriate.’

Judges:

Rattee J

Citations:

[1996] 2 BCLC 184

Statutes:

Companies Act 1985 439

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedArrow Nominees Inc, Blackledge (L) v Blackledge (G), Blackledge (M), Blackledge (GR and MM) ChD 21-Jan-2000
The claimants had begun proceedings claiming unfair prejudice by the defendants in the management of the business. The defendants sought to have the petition struck out saying that the claimants had used falsified documents to base their petition. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Company

Updated: 10 September 2022; Ref: scu.444676