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Director disqualification in the context of VAT fraud (SoS v Rosenblatt)

Published on: 02 December 2016

Table of contents

  • Original news
  • What practical lessons can those advising take away from this case?
  • What was the background to the application, briefly?
  • What were the legal issues the judge had to decide in this application?
  • What were the main legal arguments put forward?
  • What did the judge decide, and why?
  • To what extent is the judgment helpful in clarifying the law in this area?

Article summary

Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: Joshua Shields, barrister at Exchange Chambers, considers the recent case of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy v Rosenblatt which dealt with the issue of director disqualification in the context of VAT fraud and examines the implications for insolvency practitioners.

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