Mithani: Directors' Disqualification

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Commentary

Issue 109 December 2024 The following sections have been comprehensively updated: Division I, Chapter 1 The background Division I, Chapter 2 The evolution of the present regime for disqualification Division I, Chapter 3 The extent and nature of disqualification Division I, Chapter 4 The current position Division III, Chapter 2A Competition Disqualification Orders Division III, Chapter 3 Disqualification other than under sections 6 and 9A of the CDDA 1986 Division III, Chapter 3B Debt Relief Orders and Debt Relief Restrictions Division X, Form 90CA Guidance: How to get a Debt Relief Order (DRO).

Contributors

ProfessorDavid McClean CBE, QC (Hon), MA, DCL (Oxon), Hon LittD (Sheff), FBA, Bencher of Gray's Inn, Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield, Membre, Institut de Droit International	Contributor
Raza Mithani LLB (Hons), Hardwicke Scholar, of Lincolns Inn, Barrister	Contributor
Julie Carney Senior Lawyer, Legal Services, Insolvency Service, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, London	Advisory editor
District JudgeMichael Anson MA (Cantab), Joint Course Director of the Civil Law Seminars and Deputy District Judge Induction Training for the Judicial College; specialist Insolvency Judge; and member of the Insolvency and Companies User Committee	Contributor
Richard Ascroft LLB (Hons) (Otago, NZ), BCL (Oxon), Barrister	Contributor
DrStephen Baister MA, PhD, Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales; and formerly Chief Bankruptcy Registrar of the High Court	Advisory editor
Morris Peacock LLB (Hons), Partner at Howes Percival LLP, Panel Solicitors for the Secretary of States for Business, Innovations and Skills	Advisory editor
Hussein Mithani LLB (Hons), Associate Solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP	Contributor
Tiran Nersessian MA (Oxon), Barrister, 4 Stone Buildings	General editor
Alexander Cook MA (Oxon), Barrister, 4 Stone Buildings	Contributor
Professor David Ormerod QC (Hon) Bencher of Middle Temple, Professor of Criminal Justice, University College, London; Law Commissioner; and a deputy Judge of the High Court	Advisory editor
Daniel Margolin QC BA (Oxon), Partner at Joseph, Hagh, Aaronson LLP; and formerly a barrister at Maitland Chambers and one of the Junior Counsel to the Crown	Contributor
DrJonathan Galloway LLB (Hons), PhD, Attorney-at-Law (New York) Lecturer in Law (Newcastle University)	Contributor
Donna W McKenzie-Skene LLB (Hons), Dip LP, NP, Lecturer in Law, University of Aberdeen	Advisory editor
Neil Davies BA (Hons), Solicitor and Partner at Neil Davies and Partners, Solicitors	Contributor
Simon Jones Solicitor and Director of Litigation, Competition and Markets Authority	Contributor
District JudgeChristopher Lethem BA (Hons), Joint Course Director of the Civil Continuation Course for the Judicial Studies Board	Contributor
Stephen Whitaker MA, BCL, (Oxon), Barrister	Contributor
Mohammed Qasim LLB (Hons), Solicitor and Partner at Brindley Twist Tafft and James, Solicitors	Advisory editor
The Right Honourable Sir Robin Jacob Professor of Law, University College, London and former Lord Justice of Appeal	Consultant editor
David M Thomson QC LLB (Hons), Dip LP, Advocate, Axiom Advocates; and formerly standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland	Contributor
James Potts QC, MA (Oxon), MPhil (Cantab), Dip Law, Barrister	Contributor
Andrew Westwood MA (Oxon), Barrister, one of the Junior Counsel to the Crown	Advisory editor
The Honourable Justice Picken A Judge of the High Court of Justice, Presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit and a Judge of the Commercial Court and the Technology and Construction Court	Advisory editor
Matthew Pope LLB (Hons), Solicitor, Professional Support Lawyer, Insolvency Service, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Manchester	Advisory editor
ProfessorRebecca Parry LLB, Dip LP, LLM, PhD, Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University	Contributor
DrJohn Tribe LLB, LLM, PGCE (FHEA), PhD, Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool	Contributor
Estelle Dehon LLB (Wits), BCL MPhil (Oxon), Barrister at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square	Contributor
C Euan Duthie QC MA (Hons), LLB, Sheriff of Tayside Central and Fife at Perth	Contributor
Sailesh Mehta LLB (Hons), Barrister, 18 Red Lion Court, Recorder of the Crown Court	Advisory editor
Clive Jones BA (Oxon), Insolvency and Companies Court Judge, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales; and a deputy Judge of the High Court	Contributor
The Honourable Justice Newey A Judge of the High Court Justice, Chancery Division	Advisory editor
The Right Honourable Justice Carr A Lady Justice of Appeal	Contributor
Jonathan McGurk FCCA, Head of IES Technical Team, Investigation and Enforcement Services, Insolvency Service, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Plymouth	Contributor
Dr David Capper LLB, LLM (Cantab), PhD, Barrister, Reader in Law, Queen's University Belfast	Contributor
The Right Honourable Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice	Advisory editor
Peter Grieves-Smith LLB (Hons), Barrister, Principal Crown Advocate, Crown Prosecution Service, West Midlands	Contributor
Davinia Gransbury LLB, Solicitor, Partner of Wragge & Co LLP, Panel Solicitors for the Secretary of State for Business, Innovations and Skills	Advisory editor
Stuart Isaacs QC Partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, Solicitors, London and a Deputy Judge of the High Court	Contributor
ProfessorJoanna Gray LLB (Hons), LLM, Professor of Financial Regulation, Newcastle University	Advisory editor
Jeremy Bamford BA (Oxon), Barrister	Contributor
Philip Capon LLB (Hons), Barrister at East Anglian Chambers, Junior Counsel to the Crown, Deputy District Judge	Contributor
ProfessorPeter Walton LLB (Hons), PhD, Professor of Insolvency Law, Wolverhampton Law School, University of Wolverhampton	Contributor
His HonourJudge Abbas Mithani QC (Hon), LLM, Circuit Judge, Honorary Professor of Law at Birmingham University and Visiting Professor of Law at Newcastle and Kingston Universities	Consultant editor
Christopher Buckley MA (Cantab), Barrister, Radcliffe Chambers	Contributor
Gareth Allen Assistant Director, Investigation and Enforcement Services, Insolvency Service, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, London	Advisory editor
Elliott Burns Former Chief Examiner, Company Investigations Directorate, Insolvency Service, Department of Business, Innovations and Skills, London	Advisory editor
Hodge M. Malek QC BCL, MA (Oxon), Recorder and Bencher of Gray's Inn	Contributor
Colin Evans Head of IES Technical Team, Investigation and Enforcement Services, Insolvency Service, Department of Business Innovations and Skills, London	Advisory editor
David Greene M.Sc, FICArb, Solicitor and Senior Partner at Edwin Coe LLP, Past President of the Law Society of England & Wales and of the London Litigation Solicitors Association, and former member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and of the Civil Justice Council	Advisory editor