This section applies where a member of a company ("the claimant")—
has raised derivative proceedings,
has continued as derivative proceedings raised by the company, or
has continued derivative proceedings under this section.
Another member of the company ("the applicant") may apply to the court to be substituted for the claimant in the action on the ground that—
the manner in which the proceedings have been commenced or continued by the claimant amounts to an abuse of the process of the court,
the claimant has failed to prosecute the proceedings diligently, and
it is appropriate for the applicant to be substituted for the claimant in the proceedings.
If it appears to the court that the application and the evidence produced by the applicant in support of it do not disclose a prima facie case for granting it, the court—
must refuse the application, and
may make any consequential order it considers appropriate.
If the application is not refused under subsection (3)—
the applicant must serve the application on the company,
the court—
may make an order requiring evidence to be produced by the company, and
may adjourn the proceedings on the application to enable the evidence to be obtained, and
the company is entitled to take part in the further proceedings on the application.
On hearing the application, the court may—
grant the application on such terms as it thinks fit,
refuse the application, or
adjourn the proceedings on the application and make such order as to further procedure as it thinks fit.