Description
The book explains:
- why family business disputes are different from any other commercial dispute
- the warning signs of conflict that founders and successors usually miss
- how ownership structures, dividend policies and remuneration become flashpoints
- how to handle the conversations about succession that families avoid
- what governance failures cause disputes and how to fix them before they cause damage
- how to recognise conflict escalation and stop it before the point of no return
- how to use mediation effectively in family disputes
- when litigation becomes inevitable and how to run it strategically
- the law of partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, derivative claims and just and equitable winding up
- the cognitive biases and emotional drivers that distort negotiation
- how to design resolution outcomes that hold and rebuild after a dispute
- the digital and social media risks that make disputes worse
- how AI is changing legal services and dispute preparation
