Asenior employee of a company no matter how malfeasant, fraudulent, dishonest, incompetent, or inept they have proved themselves to be in the performance of their role cannot be disqualified under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 unless they were one of the company's directors or shadow directors.

In the world of companies, therefore, disqualification for unfitness following insolvency is the sole preserve of directors and those in accordance with whose direction or instruction the directors are accustomed to act.