Rebecca Birkby
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Litigation
Drafting a contract? Beware the well-intentioned but unenforceable agreement to agree
United Kingdom | 05 February 2019A recent Court of Appeal decision examined a dispute concerning entitlements under an earn-out provision in a share purchase agreement. The claimant argued that, under the agreement, he was entitled to provide consultancy services for a further period to be agreed by the parties. However, the court found that there is no obligation on parties to negotiate in good faith about matters which remain to be agreed and that the defendant was free to negotiate in accordance with its own commercial interests.
A fair approach to share valuations
United Kingdom | 30 May 2017In a case involving the shareholders of Lush Cosmetics, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal relating to the correct interpretation of two companies' articles of association in respect of the valuation of shares which were subject to pre-emption rights, applying Lord Neuberger's well-known judgment on contractual interpretation in Arnold v Britton.
