Case No. CL-2019-000290
Commercial Court

Case No. CL-2019-000290

Fecha: 14-Feb-2020

The mismanagement gave rise to unfair prejudice so far as EIGL is concerned, because EIGL has suffered prejudice which cannot be remedied notwithstanding EIGL’s majority control of Heritage

67.There are two striking features of the present case. The first (as I have mentioned) is that the Disputed Payments took place during a period when EIGL owned 80% of the shares in Heritage and had the right to appoint four of the five directors to Heritage’s board. The second is that the putative petition for unfair prejudice is to be brought at a time when (a) EIGL has owned 100% of Heritage for two years (albeit 20% of that interest is subject to a security interest which will continue for so long as EIGL refuses to pay the outstanding amount); (b) (necessarily) Albion has not been a shareholder of Heritage for two years; (c) reflecting that new reality, the Shareholders’ Agreement was terminated by consent some two years ago; (d) Mr Buckingham ceased to have any role in the management of Heritage and the Advisory Agreement was terminated by consent two years ago and (e) Mr Atherton resigned from Heritage in December 2017 and, as I am told, Heritage is currently involved in litigation with him in Jersey. 68.These circumstances are very far removed from the normal habitat of unfair prejudice petitions. In