Directors of a failed company that owed an estimated £800,000 sterling (€1.3 million) to creditors has been disqualified from holding such a position for seven years.
Mr George Creighton, from Ballyclare, Co Antrim, had been a director of Belfast-based Nuheat Services Ltd, which provided building services installations to the construction industry for a two-year period to 1998, when it was wound up.
The High Court ruled that Mr Creighton had allowed the firm to trade in 1997-1998 although he knew it was insolvent.
The company had also failed to pay taxes and national insurance contributions.
The High Court said Mr Creighton was disqualified as a director on a number of counts.
These included acting recklessly by paying himself a salary and benefits which could not be justified and disposing of equipment which was subject to a finance agreement without permission from the owner.
In an unrelated case, Mr Ross Tittensor, from Carryduff, Co Down, was also disqualified for six years. Mr Tittensor was a director of Belfast-based Rosco Contracts which failed owing creditors more than £100,000.
The High Court heard that the company had traded as fire protection specialists from October 1996 to November 1997, when it was voluntarily wound up.
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