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Disqualification, unfitness Re Sevenoaks Stationers (Retail) Ltd [1991] Ch 164 is a UK company law case concerning the test of being unfit to run a company under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 section 6.
Directors who continue to trade while insolvent may face disqualification under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. [3] Under the provision of this act, when a company goes into liquidation, the liquidator must make a report to the Disqualification Unit of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the conduct of all ...
A court may, and under section 6 shall, make against a person a disqualification order, for a period specified in the order, providing that: he shall not be a director of a company, act as receiver of a company’s property or in any way, whether directly or indirectly, be concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of a company unless (in each case) he has the leave of ...
The main sources of law include the Insolvency Act 1986, the Insolvency Rules 1986 (SI 1986/1925, replaced in England and Wales from 6 April 2017 by the Insolvency Rules (England and Wales) 2016 (SI 2016/1024) – see below), the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, the Employment Rights Act 1996 Part XII, the EU Insolvency Regulation ...
It received presidential assent on 29 August 2013, and largely superseded the Companies Act 1956. The Act was brought into force in stages. Section 1 of this act came into force on 30 August 2013. 98 different sections came into force on 12 September 2013 with a few changes. [1] [2] A total of another 183 sections came into force from 1 April ...
In carrying out their functions, directors (whether formally appointed, de facto, or "shadow directors" [1]) owe a series of duties to the company. [2] There are presently seven key duties codified under the Companies Act 2006 sections 171 to 177, which reflect the common law and equitable principles.
All directors who continue as directors of a company trading while insolvent may face disqualification under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. [6] Under the provision of this act, when a company goes into liquidation , the liquidator must make a report to the Disqualification Unit of the Department for Business, Innovation and ...
The Companies Act 2006 section 40 makes clear that directors are always deemed to be free of limitations on their authority under the constitution, unless a third party acting in callous bad faith takes advantage of a company whose director acts outside the scope of authority. For employees down the chain of delegation, it becomes less and less ...