Corporate Liability / Neil Hawke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

 Foundations of Liability
 Chapter Synopsis
 Early Development
 The Nature and Scope of Liability
 Interpretation Act and other Statutory Assumptions
 Assumptions about Corporate Existence
 Liability Identification and Transparency
 Internal Liability Variables
 Limitation Periods
 Contractual and Related Liabilities
 The Effect of Receivership, Administration or Liquidation
 2: Direct Liability
 Chapter Synopsis
 The Principles of Identification and Attribution
 Tesco Supermarkets Ltd u. Nattrass
 The Directing Mind and'!(ill: the Aber Ego
 Attitudes to Tesco u. Nattrass
 Internal Corporate Delegation
 Liability for Isolated Employee Acts or Omissions
 Attribution: The Meridiaz Principles
 The Scope of Direct Liability
 Direct Criminal Liability
 3: Vicarious Liability
 Chapter Synopsis
 Historical Development
 The Basis of Liability
 Statutory Interpretation
 Attribution Principles
 Parent or other controlling Company Liability
 Vicarious Liability in Perspective
 Chapter 4: Personal LiabilitY
 ChaPter SYnoPsis
 Natrre and Scope of Personal Liability
 Tortious LiabilitY
 Criminal LiabilitY
 Personal LiabilitY bY Statute
 Offences of Consent, Connivance or Neglect
 Insurance Provision
 Chapter 5: AgencY-Based LiabilitY
 ChaPter SYnoPsis
 The Status of Agency-Based Liability
 Directors and others as agents
 AgencY and CorPorate LiabilitY
 Third PartY Safeguards
 Chapter 5: Limited LiabilitY
 ' ChaPter SYnoPsis
 The StatutorY Framework
 Reduction of Limited LiabilitY
 The Foundations of Limited Liability
 Limited Liability and Separate Legal Personality
 Commercial Risk and Limited Liability
 Limited Liability and Corporate Groups
 The Role of Insurance
 Chapter 7: Corporate Entity Liability
 ChaPter SYnoPsis
 Meaning and Scope of Entity Liability
 The Corporate Veil and Limited Liability
 The Corporate Veil and--Economic Reality
 The Corporate Veil at'd ilitect Liability
 The Corporate Veil and Statutory Intervention
 The Enforcement of Entity Liability
 Piercing the Veil
 Piercing the Veil through agency
 The consequences of Piercing the Veil
 Judicial Denial of Veil Piercing
 Chapter 8: Corporate Enterprise Liability
 ChaPter SYnoPsis
 EnterPrise Law
 GrouP, EnterPrise LiabilitY
 RegulatorY Control bY Statute
 EnterPrise Law in PersPective
 Chapter 9: LiabilitY Management
 ChaPter SYnoPsis
 lntroduction
 Structural Control of Corporate Liability
 Divisionalisation
 Decentralisation
 Joint Ventures
 "Tax Havening"
 Manipulation of Corporate and Business Risk
 Contractual Devices
 Dispute Management
 Comfort Letters
 Multiple'Workplace Strategies
 Administration
 Corporate Take-over, Acquisition and Reconstruction
 10: Evidence and Proof
 Chapter Synopsis
 Registers, books and other documents
 Admissibility of documents and statements
 Proof
 DTI Investigatory Powers
 1 1: Liability Enforcement '...
 Chapter Synopsis
 Enforcement Issues
 Protective Proceedi ngs
 Service of Process
 Committal for Trial
 Company Appearances and Representation
 Security for Costs
 Domicile and Jurisdiction at Common Law
 Domicile and.furisdiction under the Brussels Convention
 Forum Non Conveniens and Choice of Law
 Enforcement of Judgments
 Fines and Compensation Orders
 ContemPt
 12: Corporate Liability in Perspective
 Corporate Liability Generally
 Policies Affecting Liability
 Entity and Enterprise Liability
 Benefits and Burdens
 Unlimited Liability
 Successor Liability
 Contractual Devices
 Investor Liabilities
 Insurance
 Liability Efficiencies
 Corporate Crime and Criminal Liability
 The Fining of Companies
 Fundamental Corporate Rights and Liabilities