Australia Leading Case no unifying principlecorporate groupparent subsidiary control

Briggs v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd

(1989) 16 NSWLR 549

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtSupreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)

Year1989

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

There is no single unifying principle for piercing the corporate veil; control or domination of a subsidiary by a parent is not, of itself, a sufficient reason to disregard separate legal personality.

Area of Law

Company, Insolvency & Banking

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