If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. What would you have to do? So what do you think a company director would actually have to do to get a jail term? Lombard four may face civil claim A decision whether to proceed with civil claims against Lombard Finance's four directors will be made soon, receiver John Fisk says. The directors, chairman Sir Douglas Graham and fellow former justice minister Bill Jeffries along with Lawrence Bryant and chief executive Michael Reeves, were found guilty last month of making misleading statements in documents seeking money from the public. In the High Court at Wellington on Wednesday, all were spared jail and sentenced to long periods of community work. Graham and Bryant were also ordered to make $100,000 in reparations. But the court case would have already been a costly process for the directors. Sources in the financial industry suggest they would have spent at least $200,000 each on their defence. The Justice Ministry said none of the offenders had received legal aid to help fund their defence. Fisk said the criminal trial had helped to identify the key issues for any civil claim. "We have done a lot of work with our lawyers investigating potential claims." More than $10