Sentences with phrase «of the company directors disqualification»

Simon Duncan continues to explore who has the right to sue former directors under s 15 (1) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry brought proceedings in December 2005 seeking disqualification orders against the three respondent directors under s 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (DDA 1986).

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These include shareholder and partnership disputes; the investigation and pursuit of civil fraud claims against directors, employees and third parties; international asset tracing; professional negligence claims (including against office holders); Company law claims such as minority shareholder petitions (Section 994 Petitions) and specialist applications in relation to the conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification proceedings.

Simon regularly provides specialist insolvency advice to insolvency practitioners, banks and company directors on a range of issues arising from corporate insolvency including gratuitous alienation and unfair preferences claims, retention of title, landlord's hypothec, wrongful trading and directors» duties and disqualification issues.

If the conduct of a disqualified director (or a director who has given a disqualification undertaking) was caused because they followed the instruction or direction of a third party then the latter may also now be disqualified as also may a director on the strength of an overseas conviction for an office concerning the promotion, formation or management of an overseas company.

The court is given a new power to order compensation in favour of a creditor who has been caused loss due to the conduct of a person for which, following a company's insolvency (liquidation, administration or administrative receivership will do) they have been disqualified or given an undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Accompany's insolvency (liquidation, administration or administrative receivership will do) they have been disqualified or given an undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification AcCompany Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

The Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2007 (SI 2007/1906) came into force on 6 August 2007 and settled it.

Directors of companies wound - up in the public interest should face automatic petitions for their bankruptcy and / or automatic disqualification from acting as a director.

Re Servaccomm Redhall Ltd, Cunningham v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Ref: [2006] 1 BCLC 1 Acted for successful applicant on a complicated application for permission to act as a director of two companies notwithstanding the making of a disqualification order.

Philip Gillyon has been a member of the Panels of Counsel authorised to represent the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry / the Official Receiver in proceedings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

Advice and litigation in relation to all aspects of company law, including disputes between shareholders and minority shareholders» remedies, directors» duties, company meetings and resolutions, memoranda and articles of association and disqualification of directors.

(ii) Disqualification proceedings were concerned with conduct in a particular context, namely that of conduct as a director owing duties under the Companies Acts and the general law.

(vi) The court was concerned solely with the conduct specified by the Secretary of State under r 3 (3) of the Insolvent Companies (Disqualification of Unfit Directors) Proceedings Rules 1987.