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Due to the difference in guidelines between the SRA and the Bar Standards Board, CPD points are awarded differently for Solicitors and Barristers...

Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority:
Listen and pass the test: Gain 1 accredited CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)

Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the test, gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)

Cost:
Standard rate: £25 - Corporate users will pay less.
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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute accreditation test)
Streaming Audio:
Yes Downloadable as MP3:    Yes
Contributor(s):
Course Aims:

This podcast aims to provide users with a detailed understanding of the Company Directors' Disqualification Act 1986. Listeners will learn what disqualification implies for the individual who is disqualified, the options available to the individual, and the international significance of disqualification. This podcast is suitable for all levels of user.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Have learnt what it means for a company director in England and Wales to be disqualified under the Company Directors’ Disqualification Act 1986;
  • Understand the reasons why the courts rely on disqualification;
  • Understand the courts’ approach in determining whether a director has fallen below the requisite standard of probity and competence expected of a company director;
  • Have learnt the prescribed periods of disqualification under the Act;
  • Have learnt who initiates a disqualification under section 6 of the Act;
  • Have learnt the consequences of contravening disqualification;
  • Understand the impact of the Companies Act 2006 on the law of disqualification;
  • Understand how foreign disqualification will be treated in the domestic courts.
Accredited CPD Time:
30 minutes
Level:
Intermediate Intermediate
Sources and References:
  • Company Directors’ Disqualification Act 1986, sections 1 to 10, 13 to 15, and 17;
  • Companies Act 2006, Part 40, sections 993 and 1184;
  • Company Law Enforcement Act 2001;
  • Human Rights Act 1998;
  • Insolvency Act 1986, sections 213 to 214;
  • Companies Act 1985, section 458;
  • Irish Companies Act 1990.

In this podcast, Jessica Mance, a barrister specialising in company law at Essex Court Chambers, discusses the provisions of the Company Directors' Disqualification Act 1986. Jessica provides a detailed analysis of each section of the Act dealing with the major grounds for disqualification. She also addresses the consequences of disqualification, and the impact of the Companies Act 2006 on disqualification.

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