LAW7243

Shareholders' remedies ( 6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Professor Elizabeth Boros

Offered:
Not offered in 2005.

Synopsis: Principal topics include: Self help - Institutional shareholder activisim; individual shareholder activism; access to information; the corporate consititution; and shareholders' agreements. Litigious remedies: oppression; winding up; common law limitations on majority voting power; the statutory derivative action; and compulsory acquisition of minority shareholdings.

Objectives: Students who have successfully completed the subject will have: (1) a thorough knowledge of the common problems experienced by members of various types of company; (2) an understanding of strategies for preventing or remedying those problems without recourse to litigation; (3) an understanding of the litigious remedies available to combat those problems; (4) an understanding of likely trends for future development of the law relating to shareholders' remedies; (5) enhanced research skills, as a result of undertaking a substantial piece of writing on an aspect of shareholders' remedies.

Assessment: Research Paper (7500 words): 100%

Contact Hours: One 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites: LAW4174 or LAW7277 or equivalent.