Prohibited name
A name that section 216 of the Insolvency Act prohibits a director of a liquidated company from using in a new business for five years.
A 'prohibited name' is the name (or a name similar enough to suggest an association) that the liquidated company traded under in the twelve months before liquidation. The five-year ban runs from the date the company entered liquidation. The Gazette notices we tag as 'prohibited-name' notices typically document one of the three statutory exceptions being relied on -- most commonly the Rule 22.4 notice-to-creditors route, which lets the director continue using the name if formal notice is given.
