United Kingdom Leading Case uncategorized

Woolfson v Strathclyde Regional Council

[1978] UKHL 5; 1978 SC (HL) 90; 1978 SLT 159

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords (on appeal from Scotland)

Year1978

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The corporate veil may be pierced only where the company is a mere facade concealing the true facts; a 'single economic unit' argument does not justify disregarding separate corporate personality.

Area of Law

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