ABSTRACT
Under the Company Directors’ Disqualification Act 1986, a court may disqualify a person from being a director if they have committed offences in respect of company legislation. The maximum period of disqualification is 15 years. The Insolvency Act 2000 provides for a ‘fast track’ disqualification procedure, whereby the director concerned may give an undertaking to the Secretary of State that he will not serve as a company director. The maximum period of disqualification which the Secretary of State may order under the procedure is 15 years.
