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United Kingdom unfair prejudice s994

Ma Hongjin v SCP Holdings Pte Ltd

[2020] UKPC 28
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtPrivy Council
Year2020
StatusPersuasive authority

Summary

Privy Council held that shares bought out under an unfair prejudice remedy should be valued on a pro rata basis without a minority discount unless special circumstances justify one.

Key Principle

The Privy Council (on appeal from the BVI) held that a buy-out order under an unfair prejudice claim should value the shares on a pro rata basis without a minority discount, unless circumstances justify a discount.

Area of Law

company

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