{"id":6999,"date":"2024-02-27T10:38:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T08:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kc-advocaten.nl\/expertise\/appointment-and-dismissal-of-statutory-directors\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:14:22","slug":"appointment-and-dismissal-of-statutory-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kc-advocaten.nl\/en\/expertise\/appointment-and-dismissal-of-statutory-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment and Dismissal of Statutory Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6999\" class=\"elementor elementor-6999 elementor-5789\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5509beb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5509beb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3340be17\" data-id=\"3340be17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41fb5c elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b41fb5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kc-advocaten.nl\/expertise\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">back to expertise<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86fb34e elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"86fb34e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-819fb98\" data-id=\"819fb98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13798dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13798dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appointment and dismissal of statutory directors<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23266a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23266a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The statutory director occupies a special position under employment law. This is because the statutory director has a dual legal relationship. This means that there is both an employment law relationship (employment contract) and a company law relationship between the company and the director. A statutory director may therefore work for the company either on the basis of an employment contract or on the basis of a contract for services (management contract).   <\/p><p class=\"p2\">Should the company wish to sever its ties with a statutory director, both types of relationship will have to be terminated. This makes terminating such a relationship a complex matter. A statutory director finds themselves in a special situation, and not merely because of their position under employment law. 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