Simon Duncan continues to explore who has the right to sue former directors under s 15(1) of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
Prestige is also authority for the proposition that the liquidator has a right to claim a contribution from the disqualified director where the general law allows. However, if the s 15(1) claim could be pursued by a liquidator, it is said this would set up a right of contribution from the disqualified director against the company in liquidation that would defeat the liquidator’s claim. This is because s