When exercising his powers to order a company director to be disqualified under the Act, the judge should be explicit that the order applied to all the categories of companies listed in the section. There was no power to limit the disqualification, for example to acting as a director of private or of public companies. … Continue reading Regina v Ward; Regina v Howarth: CACD 10 Aug 2001

A disqualified director applied for consent to act in the management of a company before his disqualification had expired. He succeeded, and the judge made no award for costs. On appeal by the Secretary of State it was held that the lifting of the disqualification was a matter purely for the discretion of the judge. … Continue reading Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Collins and others: CA 13 Jan 2000