Roberts v Gill & Co and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 17th, 2008 in derivative claims, joinder, law reports by sally

Roberts v Gill & Co and another [2008] EWCA Civ 803; [2008] WLR (D) 239

Where a beneficiary of an estate brought a derivative claim, the personal representative had to be joined as a party, since the situation was indistinguishable from that of a derivative action brought by a member of a company or corporate body, in which the company had to be joined as a defendant under CPR r 19.3.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2008

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