Blog Listing

Westminster Investments case highlights value of shareholder agreements

08
Mar

In Royal Westminster Investments SA v Varma [2012] EWHC 3439 (Ch), the court considered whether a shareholder suing a company director on their own behalf could obtain an injunction to restrain the director from using company funds to meet his legal costs. The applicants also sought a mandatory...

Legal lessons from The Social Network

By Kate Silvers @ Oct 19, 2010 in Company Restructuring
19
Oct

I went to see the film The Social Network at the weekend.  The film tells the story of the rise of Facebook, the relationship between co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, and the legal wranglings regarding ownership, shareholdings and intellectual property of the company. ...