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Fraudulent Directors and the Impact on Companies: Victims or Wrongdoers?
Alan Sheeley and Mehmet Karagoz of Pinsent Masons LLP analyse the recent UK Supreme Court decision in Jetivia SA and another v. Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and Others [2015] UKSC 23, in which it was decided that a company can pursue a claim against its directors for a breach of duty and that it will not be prevented from doing so by the illegality defence on the basis that the knowledge of the directors is not attributed to the company.