Director and Shareholder Disputes
Having both directors and shareholders involved in running a business can have its advantages, such as generating more ideas and opportunities that could consequently help the business expand quicker.
However, it can also have its disadvantages, including a greater likelihood of differing opinions leading to director and/or shareholder disputes.
For a business to operate successfully there should be a good and strong relationship between the owners of the company (its shareholders) and those that manage the daily running of the business (its directors).
Whilst disagreements are bound to arise from time to time, if the trust between shareholders and directors breaks down and a dispute occurs it can have a massive impact on how profitable the business is as well as its ability to trade, ultimately threatening its future.
Whether the shareholders and directors of your business are in dispute due to a director breaching their duties, a difference in pay or conflicting business interests the dispute resolution team at Rothera Bray can help. We have many years of experience in resolving disputes between shareholders and directors and understand the importance of settling any discord quickly and efficiently to avoid disagreements escalating further.
Why use Rothera Bray for director/shareholder disputes?
We can act for both directors and shareholders.
We act for both local and national businesses in a wide range of industries.
We will work with you to assess the best option for resolving your dispute, depending on whether you are a shareholder or director, the nature of the dispute and if you are a shareholder, the size of your shareholding.
We can advise you on all available options for resolving the dispute, including Alternative Dispute Resolution.
We can also draw on the experience of our non-contentious commercial department to advise on drawing up a shareholders agreement if you don’t already have one, allowing any future disputes to be resolved in a quicker and less costly way.
We can advise on the terms of your company’s Articles of Association.
Where possible we will try to avoid court proceedings and resolve the dispute quickly and efficiently to allow all parties concerned to move forward.
We can draw on the experience of our other commercial teams to provide an optimum solution and advise you on other legal aspects.
We can help you with:
- Company dissolution
- Commercial fraud
- Minority shareholder claims
- Conflicts of interest
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Breach of directors’ duties
- Failing to act in the best interests of the company
- Acting outside of the powers granted by the company’s articles
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“A dispute between directors and/or shareholders can result in harm to the business. We’ll help you avoid that.”
Richard Bates
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Posted 28 May 2026
Selling houses is always a daunting prospect, but my life was made much easier by the professionalism and efficiency of Laura Runcak and Lisa Rainbow. They communicated promptly at every step of the process, and I would definitely recommend their services. In fact, I will be using them again in the near future, as I have another house to sell. Both ladies are a credit to Rothera Bray. Many thanks from me and my Mum.
Debbie Tyler
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Posted 28 May 2026
We have recently used Sarrina and her team to carry out the conveyancing for the sale of a property. They have all been exceedingly helpful and made the whole process as straightforward as possible. Nothing has been too much trouble and they have dealt with any issue very quickly. Highly recommended!
Tom Ridgway
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Posted 27 May 2026
We as an organisation have used Rothera Bray on numerous other occasions when we have sold houses in our portfolio. Both Sarrina and Julekha are very easy to work with and have an abundance of knowledge in the legal conveyancing framework. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
Matt
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Posted 27 May 2026
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Luke Shiels
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Posted 22 May 2026
Sara has been very helpful during the whole process, both my mother and I would recommend her highly.
Alison Marlow
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Posted 22 May 2026
I used Rebecca's services via Rothera Bray Solicitors to deal with the financial side to a divorce. I had an initial face to face appointment to talk through everything with Rebecca and this made me feel at ease and felt that Rebecca was the right person to help me. Rebecca has kept me highly informed at all stages throughout and has also given lots of great advice and has helped me a lot with getting things sorted. I am really happy with the service that I received and Rebecca was so friendly, kind, understanding and very helpful. I would 100% recommend to anyone who is requiring the help during a divorce.
Leila
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Posted 22 May 2026
Rothera Bray have been excellent in helping me resolve a difficult and expensive divorce, I found them extremely efficient - communication was excellent at all points and generally they were there when I needed them, they all took a personal interest in my case and we arrived at a reasonable resolution thanks to their efforts Specially thanks to Rebecca Emeleus and Rebecca Hudson for their great work, Highly recommended in what are always going to be difficult situation! They are people that you can rely on - which is very important in divorce actions particularly.
Stuart Randall
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Posted 21 May 2026
Both Ellie and Grace were very helpful and kept us up to date with the progress of our house purchase.
Christine
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Posted 21 May 2026
Sophie is kind and understanding. She explained everything and I felt I was in very capable hands. I would highly recommend Sophie.
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Posted 20 May 2026
We recently wished to effect a Declaration of Trust and changes to our tax positions with HMRC. It turned out to be relatively straightforward. However, in large part this was probably due to Ed Granger who dealt with the matter for us. He was highly attentive, full and clear in his explanations and checked our inputs thoroughly at every stage. Highly diligent, very pleasant and quick to respond. Thank you Ed.
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Posted 18 May 2026
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Posted 18 May 2026
Since 2017 Carol Freeman and her assistant Gail Garner have dealt with the selling and buying of a number of properties for me for personal and bereavement reasons. They have been excellent and I can’t praise them enough. Thoroughly professional, reassuring and patient. I have complete trust in them.
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Richard Bates
Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution
Richard Bates leads the Dispute Resolution team at Rothera Bray. Richard is a litigation specialist and can provide a wide range of services to both commercial and private clients.
Caroline Bowler
Partner
Caroline Bowler is a partner in our Dispute Resolution team and an equine law specialist at Rothera Bray, which is the Official Legal Partner to British Dressage and The British Show Pony Society. She works from our Lace Market office and has been described as “one of the best equine lawyers” in the Legal 500.
James Carley
Partner
James is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department and is very experienced in dealing with commercial and personal litigation matters.
Nicky Calthrop-Owen
Consultant
Nicky Calthrop-Owen is an Insolvency and Restructuring Consultant and is based at Rothera Bray’s Nottingham office.
Kendal Litherland
Consultant
Kendal Litherland is a Consultant in Rothera Bray’s Dispute Resolution department and is based at our Nottingham city office.
Ruth Ball
Managing Associate & Head of Insolvency
Ruth Ball is a Managing Associate and the Head of Corporate & Individual Insolvency at Rothera Bray and is based at our Lace Market, Nottingham and Market Harborough offices.
Terhi Sygrove
Recoveries Manager
Terhi Sygrove is a debt recovery specialist and head of the debt recovery department at our Lace Market, Nottingham Office.
Jade Belcher
Associate Solicitor
Jade Belcher is an Associate Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Dispute Resolution department and is based at our Lace Market office.
Tom Barry
Solicitor
Tom is a Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution department and is based at our Lace Market office.
Amrita Johal
Solicitor
Amrita Johal is a solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Dispute Resolution department and is based at our Lace Market office.
Millie Moreton
Solicitor
Millie Moreton is a Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Dispute Resolution team and is based at our Lace Market office.
Jayde Pullar
Senior Paralegal
Jayde Pullar is a Senior Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Dispute Resolution team and is based at our Lace Market, Nottingham office.
Rowan Ketteridge
Paralegal
Rowan Ketteridge is a Paralegal in the Dispute Resolution team and is based at our Lace Market, Nottingham office.
Eleanor Kivneen
Paralegal
Eleanor is a Paralegal in our departments for Dispute Resolution for Individuals and Dispute Resolution for Businesses. She is based at our Nottingham Lace Market office.
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