Facts The Whitehouse family owned the Carlton Hotel. Mr Whitehouse was the managing director. Control over the voting in the company was managed by three classes of shares. These share classes were: Class A – Mr Whitehouse held these shares […]
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Hickman v Kent or Romney Marsh Sheepbreeders’ Association [1915] 1 Ch 881
Facts Article 9 of the Kent or Romney Marsh Sheepbreeders’ Association’s Articles of Association stated that any disputes between the Association and a member should go to arbitration before court. Mr Hickman complained about the Association’s refusal to register his […]
Gambotto v WCP Ltd (1995) 182 CLR 432
Facts The majority shareholders of WCP Ltd (WCP), wholly owned subsidiaries of Industrial Equity Ltd (IEL), held about 99.7% of WCP’s shares. Giancarlo Gambotto and Eliandri Sandri, held approximately 0.094% of WCP’s shares. IEL wanted all of WCP’s shares so […]
John Shaw & Sons (Salford) Ltd v Shaw [1935] 2 KB 113
Facts Peter, John and Percy Shaw had a family company together called John Shaw & Sons (Salford) Ltd (Shaw & Sons). Peter, John and Percy were shareholders. Eventually, the family had a disagreement over money which was owing to Shaw […]
