Foss v harbottle Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

UCL 2022-23 Lecture notes: minority shareholder action (3-lecture document) covering minority shareholder rights and shareholder litigation, and their legal, statutory, and practical limitations. Explores definitions and theories of control and fraud. Outlines the process of bringing a derivative claim against a company. Cites secondary sources for helpful reference.

Lord James Wigram V.C, in Foss v Harbottle (1843) 2 Hare 461, 67 ER 189 detailedly lays down the minority rights rule and the proper plaintiff rule in this judgment. This is a detailed summary of his verbatim judgment and the most salient point of his conclusions.

Revision notes on shareholder protection in Company Law. Includes a detailed explanation of the rule of Foss v Harbottle, key statutes and an explanation of statutory remedies. These notes were used for final year LLB Law studies in which I achieved a mark of 70% for Company Law.

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