Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice and Procedure, 6th Edition – Hong Kong book launch

Daniel Lightman QC, Timothy Collingwood and our Head Clerk, Steven Whitaker will visit Hong Kong during the week commencing Monday 18 February 2019 in order to promote the 6th Edition of Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice and Procedure (OUP). The team will be visiting various firms, together with former member of Serle Court, Victor Joffe QC, in order to present on some of the legal topics covered in the book. They will cover the following areas:

Unfair Prejudice and Listed Companies: Victor Joffe QC

Victor Joffe QC of Temple Chambers will discuss the extent to which unfair prejudice proceedings are available to shareholders in listed companies, and the types of relief which are likely to prove of most utility to such shareholders.

Unfair Prejudice – some tactical considerations and insights: Daniel Lightman QC and Timothy Collingwood

Daniel Lightman QC and Timothy Collingwood will address some key, but sometimes overlooked, issues that arise in unfair prejudice proceedings and the tactical considerations that should inform the parties’ conduct from an early stage.

Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice and Procedure is referred to as the most detailed reference source on the law relating to minority shareholders and is the only book to focus on this increasingly topical and important subject. It covers areas such as: Directors' Duties, Personal Claims, Unfair Prejudice and the Companies Act 2006. The Sixth Edition features a brand new chapter on share purchase orders and valuation, with expanded coverage of the relevant non-UK authorities, including cases from Cayman, BVI, Hong Kong and Singapore.

If you would like to organise a meeting during the week commencing Monday 18 February, to find out more about Minority Shareholders, and the specialist company law service that Serle Court can offer, please contact our Business Development Manager, Charlotte Davidson.

Related Barristers

As part of a broad Chancery-Commercial practice, Daniel Lightman KC engages with challenging and novel issues of law and civil procedure, in particular concerning shareholder disputes (having appeared in a number of landmark unfair prejudice petitions and derivative claims), company law (including in matrimonial proceedings), insolvency, civil fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence.

Shortlisted for Company/Insolvency Silk of the Year in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards in both 2026 and 2024 and shortlisted for Chancery Silk of the Year in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2026, Daniel is recommended in Band 1 for Silks for Company by both Chambers UK, 2027 and the Legal 500, 2027 – and in Band 1 for Chancery Commercial by Chambers. Chambers UK, 2027 describes him as “A go-to silk for high value, complex disputes who leads the pack on shareholder disputes. He has great judgement and always furnishes reliable advice” and praises him for “constantly identifying innovative solutions to complex problems” and building “outstanding relationships with the wider legal team.”

Daniel has an extensive international practice, including current or recent shareholder litigation in the courts of Abu Dhabi, Bermuda, Cayman, Guernsey and Qatar, and a multi-shareholder arbitration in Hong Kong.

Daniel Lightman KC

Call: 1995
Silk: 2016

Timothy Collingwood KC has a broad commercial and chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on litigation concerning commercial agreements, company, insolvency, and international trust matters.

Described in Legal 500 (2025) as “a truly gifted advocate who is totally committed to the case”. The directories recognise him as a leading practitioner in these fields. He has extensive experience of claims concerning breaches of duty, in particular in respect of directors or trustees and frequently involving allegations of fraud, and of shareholder disputes.

Prior to commencing practice in this jurisdiction, Tim was called to the bar in the Cayman Islands and practised as an attorney-at-law. He continues to undertake work in respect of a number of offshore jurisdictions. He is called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands.