Events, Courses & Seminars

Duties and Liabilities of UK & Crown Dependencies (and how to avoid the liabilities)

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Location: Live online

Overview

This course for Directors and potential Directors will cover the key duties of Directors of UK and Crown Dependencies companies and will provide practical examples of pitfalls for directors to be wary of. The webinar also gives pointers on how directors can protect themselves from potential breaches of duty and other liabilities.

This course forms part of the 2025 ACSP CPD Programme

Suitable for

Directors of UK and Crown Dependencies companies and more senior staff for both financial and non-financial services businesses

Online classroom

This course will be delivered via Teams.

For bulk bookings please email ci-pd@bpp.com, who can arrange a discount. This applies to bookings of 5+ delegates onto a single course or for booking 5+ courses in one go.

Session content

Defining the role of the director – the “who”, the “what” and the “when”
The nature of the duties you owe / review of the statutory minimum
Agency fundamentals and duties of agents
Types of directors including Executive, Non-Executive & Shadow Directors
Director’s duties
What is meant by a fiduciary duty and how a breach may have personal repercussions
Breach of duty & negligence: How to avoid these
Risks & liabilities when acting as a director
Removal/disqualification of a director
General discussion on director and authorised signatory responsibilities

Learning outcomes

Having attended this course, delegates will:

Have a clear understanding of their duties as directors.
Understand the fiduciary duties of a director.
Be better prepared to avoid breaches of duty and negligence.

Tutor

Heather-Anne Hubbell

Heather-Anne Hubbell is a tax and risk specialist with an extensive legacy in financial services, strategic planning and governance who designs and delivers directors and company secretary training based on her experience as a director and company secretary and on working with global financial institutions and their directors’ responsibilities.

She has an LLB from Western Ontario and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

Heather-Anne now provides risk, governance and strategic transformation services to a range of international clients, as well as running a number of businesses in the UK and Channel Islands.

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