THE LIABILITIES OF A COMPANY FOR THE ACTS OF ITS DIRECTOR: THE LEGAL ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT
A company can be described as a legal entity or a body corporate, having perpetual succession and also a common seal, as well as the ability to sue and be sued in its own corporate name. Suffice to state, also that the company upon its incorporation can acquire property in its corporation name. This corporate personality, gives the company the status of a person; albeit artificial, having all the qualities of a normal human being.
It should be noted, that a company is by virtue of the celebrated case of Salomon V. Salomon & Co. (1897) A.C. 22, an entity separate from its members having the capacity to own assets, properties, liabilities, right and obligations incidental to the activities of the company done, giving it responsibilities for all its acts and not its members and/or officers.
The effect of this, is that the members or officers of the company are not in any way under any form of liability for acts done in course of discharging their duties but the company (a legal person) bears all such liability; even though its activities are carried out by human beings whose acts are of paramount importance to the company.
At this juncture, it would not be out of place to state with particular reference to this project work that the acts of directors as officers of the company are also accruable to the company. Be that as it may; the meaning and nature of a director is without a universally acceptable definition, neither could it lend itself an easy definition and a much easier understanding. However, directors can be defined as managers of the company. They are not employed by the company and as such cannot be said to be employees of the company, servants or members there to but they can be seen as officers of the company, for the purpose inter alia of making the company vicariously liable for their acts and omissions while engaged in the business of the company.
In essence, this project work has as its sole aim; the consideration of the liabilities of a company for the acts of its agents, with particular reference and emphasis on the director of a company and it shall also consider, the position of the law, as it relates to the above issue of liability of a director with reference to a company
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CASES
TABLE OF STATUTES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0.0: INTRODUCTION
1.1.0: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
1.2.0: OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
1.3.0: FOCUS OF STUDY
1.4.0: SCOPE OF STUDY
1.5.0: METHODOLOGY
1.6.0: LITERATURE REVIEW
1.7.0: DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.8.0: CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 2
THE DIRECTORS OF A COMPANY
2.0.0: INTRODUCTION
2.1.0: TYPES OF DIRECTORS
2.2.0: APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS
2.3.0: POWERS OF DIRECTORS
2.4.0: PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
2.5.0: CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 3
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS
3.0.0: INTRODUCTION
3.1.0: DIRECTORS AS TRUSTEES AND AGENT OF THE COMPANY
3.2.0: DIRECTORS CONFLICT OF INTEREST
3.3.0: DIRECTORS INTEREST IN CONTRACT
3.4.0: DIRECTORS AND SECRET PROFIT
3.5.0: FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
3.6.0: CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 4
LIABILITIES AND REMEDIES OF DIRECTORS
4.0.0: INTRODUCTION
4.1.0: LIABILITIES OF THE COMPANY FOR THE ACT OF ITS OFFICERS AND AGENTS
4.1.1.0: CRIMINAL LIABILITIES
4.1.2.0: CIVIL LIABILITIES
4.2.0: REMEDIES
4.2.1.0: RELIEF FROM LIABILITY
4.3.0: CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 5
GENERAL CONCLUSION
5.0.0: CONCLUSION
5.1.0: RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
As a prefatory remark, the principle of corporate legal personality which is enshrined in Nigerian Company Law as reflected in Sections 37 CAMA, which codifies the common law position as established in the case of Salomon v Salomon Ltd.
However; it is worth noting that there are exceptions to the corporate legal personality principle. These exceptions are borne out of the recognition that the „corporate legal entity‟ and „limited liability doctrines‟ could be abused and therefore, the benefits of such abuse should not be enjoyed by the abusers.
In certain cases, the veil of incorporation of a company may be lifted or pierced and personal liabilities of directors as against corporate liabilities will inure. For instance, Section 290 of CAMA provides an in-road to lifting the veil where directors fail to utilise borrowed money for purposes for which it was borrowed. In such a circumstance, the directors will be personally liable provided there is the intent to defraud.
Further strengthening the principle of corporate legal personality in Nigeria is the provision of Section 65 CAMA which specifically provides that “[A]ny act of the members in general meeting, the board of directors or of a Managing Director while carrying on in the usual way the business of the company shall be treated as the act of the Company itself and the company shall be criminally and civilly liable thereof to the same extent as if it were a natural person.”
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