Sidebottom v Kershaw, Leese & Co Ltd

Sidebottom v Kershaw, Leese & Co Ltd [1920] 1 Ch 154 is a UK company law case, concerning the alteration of a company's constitution, and the rights of a minority shareholder.

Sidebottom v Kershaw, Leese & Co Ltd
CourtCourt of Appeal
Citation(s)[1920] 1 Ch 154

Facts

The company's articles of association were changed to allow for the compulsory purchase of shares of any shareholder who was competing with the company. One shareholder was competing with the company and challenged the alteration. He argued that a previous case, Brown v British Abrasive Wheel Co[1] where a change for compulsory share purchase was held invalid as not being bona fide for the benefit of the company as a whole, should be applied here too.

Judgment

The Court of Appeal held that the article alteration was clearly valid, and very much for the benefit of the company. The court made clear that in Brown v British Abrasive Wheel Co[2] Astbury J had been wrong to regard good faith alterations and the company’s benefit as two separate ideas. The important question was whether the alteration for the benefit of the company as a whole.

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See also

Notes
  1. [1919] 1 Ch 290
  2. [1919] 1 Ch 290

References
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