Directors' General Duties and Liabilities

This week’s topics

Directors' General Duties and Liabilities

1. Fiduciary principles codified in sections 171 to 177 CA 2006
2. Remedies for breach of duty and corporate claims
3. Ratification, exculpation, and court relief under section 1157
4. TOPIC 10 Directors Duties - Company Law - UoL
5. TOPIC 11 Enforcing Directors Duties - Company Law - UoL
6. Directors - Statutory Duties - ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW) (ENG) (GLO)

What you will be able to do

• 2.2 Assess the consequences of a breach in directors’ duties in company law.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the consequences of a breach in directors’ duties in company law.

Study materials

Videos

• TOPIC 10 Directors Duties - Company Law - UoL · YouTube · Sinorbit Academy · 33 min · for registered students
• TOPIC 11 Enforcing Directors Duties - Company Law - UoL · YouTube · Sinorbit Academy · 33 min · for registered students
• Directors - Statutory Duties - ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW) (ENG) (GLO) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 58 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Companies Act 2006, Part 10, Chapter 2: General duties of directors (ss. 170–181) · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation; ss. 170–181 · for registered students
• Companies Act 2006, Part 11: Derivative claims and proceedings by members · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
• BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 · PDF · Other, case law; 160 pages · for registered students