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O'Neill v. Phillips

House of Lords decision on unfair prejudice, legitimate expectations, and the limits of relief where majority conduct is not legally or equitably unfair.

Use It For

Use this with Hong Kong, Singapore, and Chinese minority-remedy materials to compare the line between hard bargaining and unfair shareholder treatment.

Teaching Notes

The case is good for testing whether students can identify the source of the alleged expectation rather than assuming disappointment equals unfairness.