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Company – Director. The applicants, in their capacity as liquidators of Micra Contracts Ltd (the Company), brought an application, under s 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986, against the respondent directors. The Companies Court held that, among other things, whether the subjective or objective test was applied, on the evidence, the respondents had acted in breach of their duties under s 172 of the Companies Act 2006. The court proposed to order that the respondents restore the sum of £72,225.66 to the Company.
Company – Director. The applicants, in their capacity as liquidators of Micra Contracts Ltd (the Company), brought an application, under s 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986, against the respondent directors. The Companies Court held that, among other things, whether the subjective or objective test was applied, on the evidence, the respondents had acted in breach of their duties under s 172 of the Companies Act 2006. The court proposed to order that the respondents restore the sum of £72,225.66 to the Company.
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