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Advise you about what you can and can’t do following a directors disqualification order or undertaking

Most companies in the United Kingdom are relatively small enterprises in each case controlled by a single person or a relatively small number of people.  If you are a director of a company and have entered into a disqualification undertaking or a disqualification order is enforced upon you there is a strong possibility that you will want to remain in business. It is absolutely essential that you discuss your options with experienced and specialist company director disqualification lawyers to ensure that you do not fall foul of both the criminal and civil law.

Acting in breach of a disqualification order or undertaking is a criminal offence and can carry with it significant financial consequences.

If you are a business person who is subject to a disqualification order or undertaking you will need to discuss your options with experienced lawyers. 

The ban that you face is not simply a prohibition against being registered as a director it is a prohibition against acting in the capacity of a director or being concerned within the management of a company.   That is a wide and far-reaching prohibition.
It is often necessary to look at what you can and can not do going forward.   You may need to consider some of the following options:

Putting into place a robust contract of employment so that the scope of your activities is well defined

Ensuring that any enterprise with which you are connected has definitive lines of reporting

Making a review of all of your functions to ensure that you do not inadvertently breach the disqualification order or undertaking 
Under section 17 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 it is possible to seek the permission of the court to remain acting as a director of nominated company.

Contact Stephen and his team for sound, commercial and pragmatic advice about the way in which you can go about your business in the future.
 

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