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Corporate weekly highlights—19 August 2021

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Published on: 19 August 2021
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  • Directors and company secretaries
  • Bishopsgate Contracting Solutions Ltd v O'Sullivan
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This week’s edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes details of the case of Bishopsgate Contracting Solutions Ltd v O'Sullivan, which looks at whether an employee of one company could be deemed a de facto director of another company in which he exercised certain involvement.

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