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Famous Corporate Lawsuits

O'Neill v Phillips

O'Neill v Phillips O'Neill v Phillips is a United Kingdom law case, under s.459 Companies Act 1985, on an action for unfair prejudice. Mr Phillips was the owner of a company called as Pectel Ltd. The company specialised in stripping set of naturally occurring silicate minerals called as asbestos from buildings. In 1983, Mr O'Neill joined the company and started working for it.

Mr Phillips was very impressed with the work of Mr O'Neill and made him a director of the company and gave him 25% of the company's shares. In an informal chat between the two, Mr Philips said that he hoped that Mr O'Neill could one day handle the whole management and then would be getting 50% of the company's profit.

This actually happened, Mr. Phillips retired and Mr. O'Neill ran the company. But, after five years the company went into decline. Phillips returned back and took the business control.

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Daimler Co Ltd v Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) Ltd

Daimler Co Ltd v Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) LtdDaimler Co Ltd v Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) Ltd is a United Kingdom company law case, including the idea of enemy and 'control' company'scharacter.

The secretary of the company was English, whereas all the directors were the residents of German. The tyres of Continental Tyre and Rubber Co Ltd were supplied to Daimler. However, Daimler was bothered that making payments for the tyres might contradict violation for making a trade with the foe.

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Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd

Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd (1909) is one of the UK labor law and English contract law cases. This labor law case was used to confine indemnity for the non-pecuniary for breach of contract.
Mr. Addis was the manager of Gramophone in Calcutta, India.

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UK Competition law

The competition law in United Kingdom has an influence of both European and British fundamentals.            Read More...

UK Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance is a set of customs, laws, policies, processes and institutions governing the way a company or corporations is administered, controlled or directed.Read More ...

Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000

The Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 of U.K. came into force from 6 April 2001. The main purpose of this act was to provide a separate new legal entity – Read More ...

UK Labour Law

UK has a working population of 32 million, a 7.7% rate of unemployment and 73.4% who are not members of unions. The United Kingdom Labour law is about legal relationships shared between employers, workers and trade unions.                   

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