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Directors' duties: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985
Practical Law UK Practice Note 2-203-1391 (Approx. 12 pages)
Directors' duties: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985
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A note outlining the changes to the law on directors' duties under the Companies Act 2006 (2006 Act). For a link to the 2006 Act, see Companies Act 2006: publication of final text. For general background to the 2006 Act, see Practice note, Companies Act 2006: materials.
For a more detailed note on this topic, see Practice note, Directors' general duties under the Companies Act 2006.
Chapter 2 of Part 10 (general duties of directors) came into force on 1 October 2007, other than the provisions relating to directors' conflict of interest duties (sections 175 to 177). Sections 177 to 175 came into force on 1 October 2008.
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