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NLJ this week: Unscrupulous directors

10 September 2021
Issue: 7947 / Categories: Legal News , Insolvency , Commercial
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Legislative proposals to hold delinquent company directors to account are a step in the right direction but do they go far enough?
Fladgate partner Sophia Purkis and senior associate Judith Davidge, both London Solicitors Litigation Association committee members, take a close look at the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill and find it falls short in some regards.

They explain it is too easy to have a company dissolved and for third parties to be unaware of the dissolution, while the Insolvency Service is underfunded and lacks resources.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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