Defences to Insolvent Trading Actions
Are you a director and you're pretty sure your company incurred a debt whilst it was insolvent. Do you have any defences that would prevent you being personally liable? Yes, there are defences.
Section 588H allows for the following defences to be made by a director:
- There were reasonable grounds to expect solvency;
- It was reasonable to rely on information from a competent and reliable manager;
- The director was not involved in management because of illness or for some other good reason;
- All reasonable steps were taken to prevent the company incurring the debt.
These defences are not available in criminal proceedings based on dishonesty.
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