The recent extension granted to Oxford University of its existing injunction against animal rights activists has once again raised the issue of directors’ personal details being made public.
As part of the court order, a number of individuals and several named groups were told that they should not demonstrate close to the home of any person protected by the injunction or try to identify a vehicle in the relevant zone.
The current companies legislation provides for the disclosure of (amongst other personal details) a director’s name and private address. A confidentiality order is open to a director who considers that the publication of his usual residential address creates (or is likely to create) a serious risk that he, or anyone living with him, will be subjected to violence or intimidation. Where a confidentiality order is in force, his private address may be kept private and a substitute address disclosed.
