Re Darby ex p Brougham [1911] 1 KB 95

Company: Dance of the corporate veil

Clare Arthurs and Alex Fox reflect on the Supreme Court judgment in Nutritek The Supreme Court clearly declined to extend the circumstances in which the corporate veil may be pierced. The corporate veil has been in the limelight of late. The Court of Appeal in VTB Capital v Nutritek International Corp [2012] kept it drawn …

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Commercial: To pierce or not to pierce? The Court of Appeal protects the corporate veil

Clare Arthurs assesses a recent challenge to corporate protection VTB’s original case was pleaded in deceit and unlawful means conspiracy. The judge overturned the permission VTB had obtained (ex parte) to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction. The expression ‘Piercing the corporate veil’ is a neat turn of phrase, but what does it actually mean? …

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