A 50% shareholder who deliberately obstructs company management as a strategy to leverage a buyout of their shares engages in oppressive conduct under s 232 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The appropriate remedy under s 233 is an order that the oppressor sell their shares to the oppressed party at fair market value, rather than winding up a solvent and profitable company or appointing a receiver.
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