Litigation Notes
Tag: directors liability
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03 December 2024
High Court finds Secretary of State's affirmation in disqualification proceedings is not publicly available as a statement of case
09 July 2024
Former directors of BHS liable for wrongful trading and misfeasance
29 May 2024
Inducing a breach of contract: Court of Appeal considers necessary degree of participation in a third party's breach to establish tort of inducement
23 May 2024
Supreme Court gives guidance on accessory liability of company directors and the remedy of account of profits
26 March 2024
High Court grants unfair prejudice petition on grounds of auditor's flawed valuation of claimant's shares in contractual exit process
16 January 2024
Court of Appeal refuses to strike out unfair prejudice petition seeking relief in favour of the company
19 December 2023
Compensation orders against disqualified directors: High Court confirms they are not limited to cases of fraud
13 November 2023
Court of Appeal rejects second major attempt at a climate-related derivative action
In July 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed an application by members of a pension scheme to bring a derivative action against the directors of the …
09 November 2023
Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 21: General update
20 October 2023
Carillion director disqualification proceedings – Insolvency Service drops proceedings against non-executive directors in so-called "test case"
04 September 2023
High Court gives guidance on the so-called creditor duty where a company faces solvency-threatening claim
In a recent case, the High Court has had one of its first opportunities to consider BTI v Sequana [2022] UKSC 25 (see our previous update here), in which …
27 July 2023
Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 20: General update
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