UK: Supreme Court hears de facto director case

The Supreme Court begins hearing argument today in Holland v HMRC Commissioners: see here. The court will consider whether the director of a company which acted as a director of 42 companies was a de facto director of those 42 companies. The High Court ([2008] EWHC 2200 (Ch)) held that the director was a de facto director. The Court of Appeal ([2009] EWCA Civ 625) held that he was not.

UK: Supreme Court to hear appeal in de facto director case

A post on the UK Supreme Court blog - a blog about the court with editors from Matrix Chambers and Olswang LLP , which was formally launched last week - informs me that permission has been granted for an appeal to the Supreme Court in Holland v HMRC [2009] EWCA Civ 625, [2009] 2 BCLC 309, [2009] STC 1639. For a summary of the Court of Appeal's decision, see this post.