Key legal question
Whether the insured retained an employer-like position after 9 June 2009, barring unemployment benefits
Extracted holding
Yes. Despite no formal organ status, he remained materially involved in the company’s decisions and therefore could not claim benefits.
Extracted reasoning
The company was a tiny business, the insured had the technical expertise essential to its purpose, and he and C. remained closely linked in obtaining work. Formal removal from the commercial register did not end the factual influence.