PROVING THINGS 179: SECRETARY OF STATE’S “SUPERFICIAL INVESTIGATION” FAILS TO PROVE THAT DEFENDANT WAS A DE FACTO DIRECTOR

In the judgment given today in Secretary of State for Business, Energy And Industrial Strategy v Rahman [2020] EWHC 2213 (Ch) HHJ Paul Matthews found that the Secretary of State had failed to prove that the defendant had ever been a de facto director of a company.

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