Breach of directors' duties, the company's strategy, & management, dividend policies, disparities between salaries, separate business interests, failure to provide financial, accounting & statutory information, exclusion from meetings, breaches of shareholders agreements / partnership deeds, Breach of fiduciary duty, Self-dealing (pursuing business opportunities for one's self that conflict with the best interests of the company), Executive compensation, buyout agreements, and buyout rights, Minority owner rights, Shareholder appraisal rights, Corporate deadlock disputes are some the reasons for the disputes among the shareholders.