dc.contributor.author | DIGNAM, AJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Oh, PB | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-21T14:24:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-02 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2018-11-06 | en_US |
dc.date.submitted | 2018-11-20T16:00:23.495Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-6503 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/54814 | |
dc.description.abstract | For over a century UK courts have struggled to negotiate a coherent approach to the circumstances in which the Salomon principle –that a corporation is a separate legal entity–will be disregarded. Empirical analysis can facilitate our understanding of this mercurial area of the law. Examining UK cases from 1885 to 2014, we created a final dataset of 213 cases coded for 15 different categories. Key findings confirm historical patterns of uncertainty and a low but overall fluctuating disregard rate, declining recently. Criminal/fraud/deception claims link strongly to disregard outcomes. Private law rates are low but tort claims have a higher disregard rate than contract. Individual shareholders are more susceptible to disregard than corporate shareholders. The English Court of Appeal plays a key role in successful disregard claims particularly in tort. In general, while disregard rates were very context specific, concerns about the diminished sanctity of the Salomon principle may be overblown. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | ? - ? (34) | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | en_US |
dc.subject | company law | en_US |
dc.subject | corporate law | en_US |
dc.subject | empirical legal studies | en_US |
dc.subject | veil piercing | en_US |
dc.subject | veil lifting | en_US |
dc.title | Disregarding the Salomon Principle: An Empirical Analysis, 1885–2014 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2018, Oxford University Press | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/ojls/gqy027 | en_US |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Accepted | en_US |
pubs.publisher-url | https://academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ojls/gqy027/5163088 | en_US |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-10-02 | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |