Directors' Duties: Section 172 of the UK Companies Act

This dissertation examined the question ‘Has section 172 (“s172”) of the UK’s Companies Act (“CA”) 2006 created an effective set of directors’ duties’? Prior to the advent of s172 CA 2006, there was no statutory form of direction concerning directors’ duties and obligations. However, with the intervention of s172, the pressure to take other stakeholders into consideration in the management of corporate affairs is now recognized .

Therefore, the essence of this research was to examine whether the law has adequately reflected a shift from the previous common law position, which favored shareholder primacy to a more inclusive approach .