Course description
This introductory level virtual classroom session will discuss the applications for permission to act as a director despite disqualification under s17 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (CDDA 1986).
It will explore what factors may be taken into account by the court when deciding whether to allow leave or not to include the jurisdiction, parties and the application procedure and the conditions that might be imposed by the court.
Presenter Tania Clench is a Legal Director at Cripps LLP who, over the past 20+ years, has developed recognised expertise in director protection, advising directors of companies in financial distress or those that have entered an insolvency process, as well as defending them in all manner of proceedings including disqualification.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This introductory level virtual classroom session will discuss the applications for permission to act as a director despite disqualification under s17 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (CDDA 1986).
It will explore what factors may be taken into account by the court when deciding whether to allow leave or not to include the jurisdiction, parties and the application procedure and the conditions that might be imposed by the court.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
- Timing
- Criteria to be met - need and balance need v public protection
- Procedure
- Evidence - what it must include
- Orders - it is for the court to decide bearing in mind
- (a) the seriousness and type of conduct leading to the disqualification order
- (b) the risk of recurrence of unfit conduct
- (c) the trading prospects of the company/companies in respect of which the application is made
- Interim applications for permission to act
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