Williams and Another v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd and Another: QBD 18 Jan 1996

A company director can be liable for the negligent mis-statement of the company if he warrants his own personal skill.

Langley J
Independent 18-Jan-1996, [1996] BCLC 288
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal fromWilliams; Reid v Natural Life Health Foods Limited and Mistlin CA 5-Dec-1996
(Majority) A director of a one man company himself could himself be liable for negligent advice outside his duties as a director where his personal character known to be relied upon. In order to fix a director with personal liability, it must be . .
At first instanceWilliams and Another v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd and Another HL 30-Apr-1998
A company director was not personally reliable in negligence for bad advice given by him as director unless it could clearly be shown that he had willingly accepted such personal responsibility. A special relationship involving an assumption of . .

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Company, Negligence

Updated: 12 January 2022; Ref: scu.90526