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Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q1 2021
Mary Young
17 February 2021
One hand in the cookie jar: Fraud and directors’ duties in insolvency
What happens when a director commits fraud by misappropriating company assets? Or what of the director who continues trading knowing that the company has no realistic prospect of paying its debts as and when they fall due? To whom does a director owe duties at that point and what recourse is there against that director? This article explores these questions.
14 December 2020
Money, money, money: what are directors’ duties in respect of the company’s bank account?
Disputes between directors often arise because of, and/or result in, disputes about company money. Directors need to be alert to how they are required to act, particularly in times of conflict.
4 December 2020
Can a De Facto Director be disqualified as a Director?
It is well known that directors owe duties to the company of which they are a director and, in certain circumstances, its shareholders, creditors and employees. Many people believe that if you have not been formally appointed as a director, i.e. you do not appear on Companies House records as a director, you will not owe the usual directors’ duties and, therefore, cannot be in breach of such duties or subject to sanctions for breach.
18 November 2020
Directors’ communications with their solicitors: perhaps not as privileged as you think (Part 2)
In the recent case of Barrowfen Properties Ltd v (1) Girish Dahyabhai Patel (2) Stevens & Bolton LLP (3) Barrowfen Properties II [2020] EWHC 2536 (Ch), the High Court extended the iniquity exception to breaches of a director’s statutory duties.
23 October 2020
The driving force fallacy
Court of Appeal overturns injunction in favour of son who sought to restrain his family from participating in the management of their caravan park business - Loveridge –v- Loveridge [2020] EWCA Civ 1104.
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