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Kunyu Court: Expungement for a Nominal Legal Representative

昆玉市人民法院涤除挂名法定代表人登记案

A typical case in which a person registered as a nominal legal representative, without ownership or management authority, obtained judicial support for expungement.

Brief English Introduction

The plaintiff was only the company’s named legal representative and did not own, dispose of, or manage company assets. The court treated the mismatch between registered status and real authority as inconsistent with the Company Law’s requirement that the legal representative be connected to company affairs, and supported removal of the registration.

Use It For

Use this as a current local-court example of how courts assess whether the registered person has a real link to the company.

Teaching Notes

Ask students why exhaustion of internal remedies matters more for some nominee representatives than for others.