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Presto! The UK Supreme Court holds the corporate veil can disappear in Prest v. Petrodel Resources

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom
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  • June 17 2013

The UK Supreme Court has released an important new judgment addressing the ability of judges to "pierce the corporate veil": Prest v Petrodel

UK Supreme Court confirms corporate veil can be pierced in some circumstances

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 13 2013

The Supreme Court has confirmed that a court can in very limited circumstances pierce the corporate veil. According to Lord Sumption, the principle

Dilapidations claims and the impecunious landlord

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 11 2013

Some positive news for landlords this week: The court has confirmed that, even where an outdated property stands little or no chance of being re-let

A cautionary tale - the guarantor who got away

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 11 2013

Though it is not new law, the recent case of Topland Portfolio No. 1 Limited v Smiths News Trading Limited 2013 EWHC 1445 (CH) highlights the

Equal half shares

  • Boodle Hatfield
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 13 2013

Chester and Forrest were brothers who jointly owned, in equal half shares, the freehold interest (worth GBP450, 000) of a small shop that they

Interest rate hedging products mis-selling update

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 30 2013

UK banks and their insurers should be aware of two major developments in relation to interest rate hedging product (IRHP) mis-selling: first, the

Corporate governance and piercing the corporate veil Supreme Court rules to extend exceptions

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 12 2013

The Supreme Court's decision in the case of Petrodel v Prest, handed down today, marks a crucial shift in the extent to which the courts

Killing 2 birds with 1 stone: the conceptual double derivative action comes to life

  • Stamford Law Corporation
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • June 10 2013

The separate legal entity doctrine means that a company can sue in its own name for a wrong done to it. Where a solvent company is unable to bring an

Followers, friends and connections the ownership of social media contacts

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 13 2013

Hays Specialist Recruitment (Holdings) Limited v Ions 2008 is the key UK decision dealing with the ownership of LinkedIn contacts in the employment

Keeping it confidential

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 5 2013

The Court of Appeal in Dorchester Project Management Ltd v BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory Property Management UK Ltd 2013 EWCA Civ 176 has looked