Commercial update: fiduciary duties between shareholders of a quasi-partnership company
18th May 2020
Do shareholders in a family or quasi-partnership company, owe each other fiduciary duties? Seb Oram analyses the recent decision of the Chancery Division in De Sena v. Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) for LexisPSL’s Case Analysis Expert Panel. This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 11/05/2020.
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Seb is a Commercial and Construction Law barrister.
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