Directors' duties: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985

Resource type: Practice note

Status: Maintained

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

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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Resource ID: 2-203-1391
Products: Companies Act 2006: Directors duties and derivative claims, PLC UK Construction, PLC UK Corporate, PLC UK Dispute Resolution, PLC UK Employment, PLC UK Finance, PLC UK Law Department, PLC UK Pensions, PLC UK Property, PLC UK Public Sector
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Declaration of directors' interests: Companies Act 2006 Declaration of directors' interests: Companies Act 2006 (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic5-202-4474)
Derivative claims and proceedings by members: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985 Derivative claims and proceedings by members: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 and 1985 (http://uk.practicallaw.com/topic3-204-0366)
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