Case: Any member of an LLP can be disqualified under CDDA 1986

In Re Bell Pottinger Private Ltd [2021] EWHC 672 (Ch) the High Court held that any member of a limited liability partnership (LLP) was potentially liable to disqualification proceedings under section 6 Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (CDDA 1986) and that the application of s6 was not limited to those members who sat on the LLP's management board or whose position was equivalent to that of a company director.

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