does not stop the courts from lifting or piercing the veil to see what lies beneath. Critically discuss this statement citing the relevant case law. As is evident with most principles of law there are exceptions to the doctrine of separate legal personality. The courts will generally depart from the principle separate corporate personality in certain instances where tools such as enemy‚ agency and fraud are used to pierce the corporate veil. Debdor v Wilkinson It is commonplace within the
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only. On the other hand‚ there are particular circumstances whereby the court is trying to abstain the principle of separate legal personality and limited liability to pinpoint the fact behind incorporation – it is called “the lifting or corporate veil”. From my point of view‚ I strongly agree with the decision made by Lord Macnaghten in House of Lords in the Salomon case because he alleged a true and fair view on the case. Mr Salomon had successfully appealed to the House of Lords and Mr Salomon
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today. One of the main priorities that were put on the women was that they were forced to wear hijab‚ which was only one of the varieties of head scarves. The niqab is also another type of veil that covered the entire body including the head and face‚ only to where the eyes were visible. The function of the veil is to hide the women from the sight of forbidden men (Gheytanchi). “After the revolution of 1979‚ the revers process of compulsory veiling of all women was imposed in stages”(Gheytanchi)
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religion of Islam‚ but mostly about the women who follow it. Westerners have this idea that women in Islam are disrespected‚ mistreated and oppressed. In actuality‚ these allegations are incorrect. Women in Islam have rights and are not oppressed. The veil is widely misunderstood and many do not know what it represents. In many ways‚ men and women are equal as much as they are not; and this is in every religion. In Islam women are given many rights‚ such as owning properties‚ having an education‚ working
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Module”‚ Toronto‚ 2013. . They can always sue you personally‚ but they would either have to allege that you personally did something wrong (e.g.‚ YOU damaged the car)‚ or allege that you are the alter ego of the corporation and that the corporate veil should be pierced because an injustice will result if they cannot go after your personal assets. Such allegations are fairly common despite the protection of the corporate shield‚ which is why lawyers who represent small
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For many years opinions on full face and body covering veils have been a hot topic of controversy. With the banning of Burqas in full force in countries such as France‚ Belgium and the Netherlands a focus of discussion in Australia has been front and centre: to ban or not to ban the Burqa? (Shorten‚ 2014) There is no doubt that such veils as the Burqa‚ which covers the full face including a mesh panel to cover the eyes‚ and the Niqab‚ which allows the eyes to be visible‚ can seem confronting. Seeing
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placed on Christ ’s head while being crucified was said to be the eglantine plant. So with this in mind‚ the reader has to decide weather the Prioress is named for a heroine of romance or for the Blessed Virgin in terms of the rest of her portrait painted by Chaucer (1). I am not entirely sure which Prioress Chaucer wanted us to choose‚ I believe that he intended that the name be equivocal. I believe that Chaucer was playing on the fact that he knows his readers will make a choice‚ regardless‚ and
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people have faced and how they feel behind the imaginary “veil” that has been placed upon African Americans. This veil represents the imaginary line between the lives of white and black people. Black people can see and understand everything around them while the others‚ white people‚ cannot see and understand black people because they are behind the veil. The book mainly focuses on the aspects on how black people truly view life behind the veil hence the title The Souls of Black Folk. Each chapter
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perspective of evil through the planning of a murder while Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates his knowledge of the representation of an evil force just by using a piece of black cloth to cover the main character’s face in the story “Minister’s Black Veil”. Although the presence of evil changes the atmosphere in both stories‚ there are several differences that modify the development of the plot. Firstly‚ the setting provided in each story helps the readers get a clearer view of how the surrounding
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cause the novel to be categorised as a story of nonsense‚ and indeed‚ for children at least‚ this may be the key function of the book; to be a fun and experimental tale of madness. However‚ it can be argued that the nonsense in the story only thinly veils some of the most relevant themes of Victorian society‚ particularly ones concerned with community‚ and the way the individual is required to behave in order to successfully integrate into a very rigid type of social order. Perhaps Carroll’s perception
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