Partners, shareholders and directors: when the people running a business fall out. Kestrel’s AI legal assistant helps you gather the facts for a scoped review.
Kestrel is preparing for SRA authorisation. These pages are reference guides. Our proposed pilot covers routine commercial contracts and business letters; future work will require written engagement and an appropriately qualified reviewer.
If there is no written partnership agreement, the Partnership Act 1890 fills the gaps with defaults that surprise people: equal profit shares whatever each side put in, no power to expel a partner, and any partner able to dissolve the whole firm by notice.
Read the guide →Shareholder dispute in a private company?The main weapon for a mistreated shareholder in a private company is the unfair prejudice petition: where the company's affairs are conducted in a way unfairly harmful to you, the usual outcome is your shares bought at a fair value.
Read the guide →Directors at war in your company?Director fights are rarely one dispute: the same person is often director, shareholder and employee, and each hat carries different rights and different removal mechanics.
Read the guide →Talk through the issue with Kestrel’s AI assistant and prepare a request for review. Scope, fees and lawyer availability are confirmed separately.
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