Prosecution and Disqualification

Directors’ Disqualification Statistics - Calendar Year

Year	Month	Number of originating summonses issued	Number of disqualification order made	Average disqualification period (Number of years)*
1997	-	42	33	1.78
1998	-	32	34	2.30
1999	-	27	29	2.30
2000	-	54	21	3.00
2001	-	32	50	3.50
2002	-	33	35	3.40
2003	-	27	46	3.87
2004	-	30	32	4.02
2005	-	23	54	4.11
2006	-	29	60	4.02
2007	-	29	43	3.48
2008	-	23	59	2.98
2009	-	21	36	2.57
2010	-	21	37	2.92
2011	-	14	21	3.43
2012	-	21	26	3.08
2013	-	19	36	3.15
2014	-	13	23	2.75
2015	-	10	16	3.22
2016	-	9	13	3.35
2017	-	12	20	3.10
2018	-	13	15	3.50
2019	-	29	31	2.96
2020	-	34	45	3.03
2021	-	14	32	2.84
2022	-	16#¹	13	3.31
2023	-	21	27	3.48
2024	-	21#²	24^¹	3.58
2025	Up to September	21	20^²	3.10

* From 1997 to September 2025:
The shortest disqualification period ordered by Court is 1 year.
The longest disqualification period ordered by Court is 13 years and 10 months.

* In Year 2025:
The shortest disqualification period ordered by Court is 2 years.
The longest disqualification period ordered by Court is 5 years.

#¹ Including 1 Originating Summons issued against a non-director

#² Including 1 Originating Summons issued against a non-director

^¹ Including 2 disqualification orders made against non-directors

^² Including 1 disqualification order made against a non-director