In this article, Andrew Bowen QC looks at the concept of Piercing the Corporate Veil whereby the courts have granted relief which appears to involve disregarding the separate legal personality of a company from the person or persons who control it. This has recently come under scrutiny, culminating in the Supreme Court decision on ancillary relief in Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd [2013] 2 A.C. 415. This article was first published in Greens Business Law Bulletin, Issue 129 (published April 2014) and is reproduced here with the kind permission of W. Green, The Law Publishers. more...

In this article Denis Garrity examines whether the inclusion of a clause granting absolute warrandice in a disposition of commercial property risks a claim by a vendor client for failing to follow instructions. This article was first published in The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland on June 16th 2014 and is reproduced here with their kind permission.  more...