stender

If a company was disolved and the domain name they owned is suspended, can you try and trackdown company directors and get them to sell/transfer the domain to you still?
Do they need access to headed paper or current documents? if the business has been disolved for a couple of years is it still possible?

aZooZa

If the company is dissolved, any previous directors will have no claim to the domain name.

olebean

Who knows if the domains were transfered to the directors or other parties prior to the company being desolved. Its worth a shout getting in contact with the directors, they may have "not got around to changing the details on the domain"

keys

Surely it's too late. Even if a director had transfer paperwork dated prior to the date of company winding up, it would be invalid. I would expect the domain to be deleted when it expires or Nominet are told that the registrant no longer exisits.

bb99

Technically speaking, if the domain is under the company's ownership when dissolved then the directors have no claim over it.

However, as hinted above by olebean, it is entirely possible that Mr A Director (once approached by an informed domainer) took ownership of the name prior to dissolution and merely forgot to file the paperwork with Nominet.

[Or, missing out a step, they could claim that it was sold to Mr A Domainer prior to dissolution].

A few bits of paper / signatures later and the domain can be transferred to Mr A Domainer while Mr A Director cashes a fat cheque. And, of course, nobody tells HMRC about it. Everyone's a winner

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retired_member12

I imagine Nominet will only be concerned with facts, and what is legal.
A Director popping up and simply saying it was transferred to them without absolute proof is frankly ridiculous.
Transfers of any business asset or assignment to Directors or other employees must be recorded, otherwise the Director would be open to all sorts of accusations.
"Err, yes guv, i transferred the company Lexus to myself before the business went bust. I can't prove it, but i'm a Director, so i must me honest!"
Cue the sound of an arresting officer knocking at your door.

bb99

But a signed statement by one (or more) former directors of the dissolved company may be as good as you're going to get (unless you forge an old document) - and if I were Nominet then I'd surely accept it (with maybe an indemnity also signed by those involved in the deal).

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bb99

"Of course it was recorded - but it was 2 years ago now and all the books and records are long gone. So here's a signed statement instead "

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stender

Said company was disolved in 2004.
Registrant is name of company
Registrant type is unknown
address was old place of business.

keys

Can anyone explain why there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of companies registered/dissolved in the name of File Travel (xxxx). It must cost a small fortune to manage them all, what's the reason or benefit?