Shadow Director in UK Law

  • HM Revenue and Customs v Holland; Re Paycheck Services 3 Ltd
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 Novembro 2010
    ......He found that he was a de facto director of each of the 42 companies and so was answerable to HMRC's claims under ... 22 There is a third type of director, known as a "shadow director". Section 741(2) CA 1985 (see now sections 251(1) and (2) CA ......
  • Re Hydrodan (Corby) Ltd ((in Liquidation))
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 Dezembro 1994
    ......) Before Mr Justice Millett Chancery Division Director - shadow and de facto directors - distinction Distinguishing shadow ......
  • Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding
    • Chancery Division
    • 27 Julho 2005
    ...... 334 Shadow director 335 ......
  • 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 ... Section 300(4) of the Act of 1985 provides that a “shadow director” conduct as a de facto but not de Jure director is relevant? of ......
  • Yukong Line Ltd of Korea v Rendsburg Investments Corporation of Liberia (The Rialto) (Mareva Proceedings)
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 23 Setembro 1997
    ...... creditor of company Creditor cannot sue over breach A director of an insolvent company who acted in breach of his fiduciary duty to the ... Mr Yamvrias as a shadow director controlling Rendsburg's activities, owed a fiduciary duty to ......
  • MCA Records Inc. and Another v Charly Records Ltd and Others
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Novembro 2001
    ......Mr Young assisted Holdings in establishing CRL, and was a director of that company from its incorporation until 21 December 1982. He remained ... find, Holdings' nominee director of CRL, albeit only a de facto or shadow director. There is, in my judgment, no doubt that he was part of the ......
  • Madoff Securities International Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Stephen Raven and Others
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 18 Outubro 2013
    ......Further, whilst none of the directors of MSIL was ever a director of BLMIS, the fourth defendant was a senior officer of BLMIS and would ...The present claim is brought in the long shadow cast by his notorious Ponzi scheme fraud, perpetrated through his New York ......
  • Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Deverell and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Dezembro 1999
    ...... and Mr Peter Hopkins on the ground that each of them was a "shadow director" of the Company to whom by virtue of s.22(4) the provisions of ......
  • R v Kilbourne
    • House of Lords
    • 31 Janeiro 1973
    ... . . Director of Public Prosecutions and Kilbourne [1973] ...But this isllustrates the danger of mistaking the shadow for the substance. I feel quite sure that, for instance, where an ......
  • Smithton Ltd v Naggar
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julho 2014
    ...... ("Hobart") has brought proceedings against Mr Guy Naggar, a director of its former holding company (Dawnay Day International Ltd or "DDI"), to ... of the duly appointed directors of Hobart, he was a de facto or shadow director of it or alternatively on the basis that he was a director of DDI ......
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