United Kingdom director liabilityseparate legal personality

Lindsay v O'Loughnane

[2010] EWHC 529 (QB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Year2010

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A company director who personally makes fraudulent misrepresentations (including by implication from conduct) to induce a third party to deal with the company is personally liable in the tort of deceit, and cannot shelter behind the company's separate legal personality.

Area of Law

General

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