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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Corporate Personality"”.
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The doctrine of the directing mind and will of the company and the role of corporate "personality"
The most famous if not the first recorded use of the phrase "directing mind and will of the company" was by Viscount Haldane in Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705; [1914-15] All ER 280 (HL), 283C-D, hereinafter referred to as Lennard.
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The personal liability of directors in terms of section 424 of the Companies Act - does it provide an adequate remedy?
… in their own name. The fundamental attribute of corporate personality, well established since the decision in Salomon v Salomon and Company almost a century ago, is that a company is a legal entity- distinct from its members. The separate legal personality of a company and the limited nature of a …
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Piercing of the corporate veil in terms of Gore: Section 20(9) of the new Companies Act 17 of 2008
… of the common law doctrine of piercing the corporate veil, its status and the concerns raised against the rule. In light of the fact that veil piercing erodes the limited liability of a company, it is necessary to appreciate both the relevance and the significance of separate legal …
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Beyond the Corporate Veil a commentary on the approach of the South African Courts to the question of lifting the corporate veil, with particular reference to a tax-avoidance based structure in common use in South Africa at this time
… (which has been followed ever since in regard to corporate personality) was to interpret the law as they found it in the Act - if the formalities had been complied with a separate judicial person came into being: 2 "The Company is at law a different person altogether from the subscribers to the …
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Theorising Irish company law: locating Irish company law within entity theory
… built on the doctrines of limited liability and corporate personality. Third, it will show that Irish company law and most corporate law frameworks enable and support managerial discretion which this thesis refers to as the second pillar of entity theory. These findings converge on the conclusion …
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Dangerous Subjects: U.S. War Narrative, Modern Citizenship, and the Making of National Security, 1890-1964
… textual translation is their idealization of the corporate personality as a salutary renovation of the sovereign, self-ruling individual. Obliged to accept more modestly aggregated roles within a coordinated professional stratum, male and female characters alike model versions of collective …
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Limited liability: a pathway for corporate recklessness?
… thesis argues that the twin concept of separate personality and limited liability from its historical beginnings, has entrenched corporate irresponsibility. It assesses the role that these concepts have played in tackling corporate irresponsibility from their historical origins to the present …