People and ownership

Director disqualification

Updated 2026-06

A director disqualification or prohibition is a formal step that stops a person from being a director or managing a company for a set period.

It attaches to a person rather than just one company. Seeing one connected to a company you are checking is a prompt to look more closely, not an automatic verdict on a deal.

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