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13 December 2018
Issue: 7821 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Company

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy v Zannetou [2018] EWHC 3190 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 133 (Nov)

Where the discrimination against the Revenue and Customs Commissioners (HMRC), through the non-payment of VAT and the underpayment of PAYE, had lasted throughout the entire trading life of a company, currently in liquidation, the Companies Court ruled that the conduct of its former director, the defendant, had fallen below the standards of probity and competence appropriate for persons fit to be directors of companies. Accordingly, the court allowed the claimant Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’ application, under s 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, for a disqualification order against the defendant.

Contract

Katara Hospitality (a company incorporated in Qatar) v Guez and another [2018] EWHC 3063 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 03 (Dec)

The claimant company’s claim failed, in a dispute concerning the claimant’s attempt to purchase shares in a hospitality business launched by V, in which the defendants had invested. The Commercial Court held that

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