The company is at law a different person altogether from the subscribers to the Memorandum, and, although it may be that after incorporation the business is precisely.
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f ‘[The company is at law a different person altogether from the subscribers to the
Memorandum, and, although it may be that after incorporation the business is precisely the
I same as it was before, and the same persons are managers, and the same hands receive the
profits, the company is no in law the agent of the subscribers or a trustee for them. Nor are
I the subscribers, as members, liable in any shape or form, except to the extent and in the
manner provided by the Act.’
Lord McNaughton In Salomon y Salomon & Co, Lid; Salomon & C’a, Lid y Salomon -
11895-991 All ER Rep 33 at 48.
Discuss the evolution of the legal concept of separate legal personality in Ireland in
circumstances where the courts will rely on exceptions to the above in order to ‘pierce the
corporate veil’. Refer in your answer to statute; common law and academic commentary.
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Structure (10%)
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¡ Application, Conclusion), using headings, numbering, logical sequencing of material etc.
Methodology (20%)
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Content (50%)
Marks will be awarded for clear interpretation and understanding of material, and who’
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Referencing (10%)
Marks will be awarded for the correct use of the approved referencing system e.g. the
Harvard Referencing System — Students who completely fail to use the referencing
appropriately may receive 0%
