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Defending Claims Brought by Liquidators: A UK Director’s Guide

When a company enters liquidation, the liquidator investigates the conduct of its directors and can pursue personal claims for misfeasance, wrongful or fraudulent trading, preferences, transactions at an undervalue and transactions defrauding creditors. This succinct guide explains each claim and, crucially, how a director can defend it.

Post date 11 June 2026
Post author By Hamza Chaudhry
Post categories In Directors Disqualification, Directors Loan Account, Insolvency, Insolvency Litigation, Legal Representation and Counsel, Litigation, Transactions at Undervalue
Tags Defending claims brought by liquidators, Director disqualification, Director Personal Liability, Directors Duties, fraudulent trading, Liquidator Claims, Litigation, Misfeasance, Overdrawn director's loan account, Preferences, Transaction at an undervalue, Transactions defrauding creditors, twilight period, Wrongful trading

Silhouetted business directors reviewing financial documents outside the Rolls Building, with overlaid company accounts suggesting investigation and insolvency litigation.

Manolete Case Study: Breach of Directors’ Duties Over Unlawful £560k Dividend

The High Court held that Paul and Joanne Rutter unlawfully reduced their directors’ loan account by £560,000 through a back-dated dividend and misapplied over £256,000 of company funds on their personal properties while Rut5 Ltd was approaching insolvency, breaching duties under the Companies Act 2006 and the Insolvency Act 1986.

Post date 5 December 2025
Post author By Qasim Mehmood
Post categories In Administrative Law, Case Law, Case Study, Default Judgment, High Court, Litigation, Manolete, Media, News, Solicitors, Supreme Court
Tags Breach, Business Court, companies act 2006, Company Funds, Corporate Governance, Director claims, Directors Duties, Financial Misconduct, High Court, Insolvency, Insolvency Act, Legal Defence, Liquidator Claims, Litigation, Loan Account, Manolete, Misfeasance, Property Development, UK Law, Unlawful Dividend

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Defending Claims Brought by Liquidators: A UK Director’s Guide

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