de Facto Director in UK Law

  • HM Revenue and Customs v Holland; Re Paycheck Services 3 Ltd
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 Noviembre 2010
    ......It was alleged that Mr and Mrs Holland were de facto directors of 42 insolvent companies of which HMRC is the only creditor, ...He found that he was a de facto director of each of the 42 companies and so was answerable to HMRC's claims under ......
  • Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Junio 1967
    ...... 2 Lord Suirdale was for many years Chairman and Managing Director of a public company dealing in electronics called Perdio Electronics ... have no doubt that Mr Richards was, by virtue of his position as de facto managing director of Brayhead, or, as perhaps one might more compendiously ......
  • Morris v Kanssen, sub nom Kanssen v Rialto (West End) Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Marzo 1946
    ...... essential part of this scheme that Strelitz should be appointed a director, so that Cromie and he could, under Article 8 (7) of the company's ... there was any authority for the proposition that a director or de facto director could invoke the rule so as to validate a transaction which was ......
  • Re Hydrodan (Corby) Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 Diciembre 1994
    ......) Before Mr Justice Millett Chancery Division Director - shadow and de facto directors - distinction Distinguishing shadow ......
  • Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding
    • Chancery Division
    • 27 Julio 2005
    ...... 333 De facto directors 334 Shadow director 335 ......
  • Cloverbay Ltd (Joint Administrators) v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Marzo 1990
    ......Its managing director was a Mr Zafar Zaid; his son, Jafar, also played a role in the business. ... case where oral examination was sought of the "moving light" and de facto director of the company: I have already said that in my view the ......
  • Re Lo-Line Electric Motors Ltd
    • Chancery Division (Companies Court)
    ...... . Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. . . Company - Director - Disqualification - Four related companies going into insolvent on between 1979 and 1984 - Respondent director of three and de facto director of fourth - Whether conduct as de facto director relevant - ......
  • Freeman & Lockyer (A Firm)(Plaintiffs) Buckhurst Park Properties (Mangal) Ltd and Shiv Kumar Kapoor (Defendants)
    • Court of Appeal
    • 24 Enero 1964
    ...... second defendant, one Mr Kapoor, who was at all material times a director of the defendant company. The plaintiffs admittedly executed the work ...'s memorandum and articles of association who permitted the de facto directors and de facto secretary to carry on the company's business; ......
  • MCA Records Inc. and Another v Charly Records Ltd and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Noviembre 2001
    ......Mr Young assisted Holdings in establishing CRL, and was a director of that company from its incorporation until 21 December 1982. He remained ... he does, or ever did, control it, whether on a de jure or on a de facto basis. I feel unable to find, therefore, that he had at any material time ......
  • Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 Febrero 2014
    ......These people can conveniently be called de facto trustees. They intended to act as trustees, if only as a matter of ... of limitation applied, but only because the defendant was a director and as such to be treated as a true trustee. It is clear from the court's ......
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