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Prest v. Petrodel Resources Ltd

UK Supreme Court decision sharply limiting veil-piercing while distinguishing evasion cases from ordinary property and trust analysis.

Use It For

Use this after Salomon to test when separate personality can be disregarded and when ordinary private-law doctrines do the work instead.

Teaching Notes

The case is a disciplined comparator for Chinese personality-denial doctrine because it narrows veil-piercing rather than treating it as a general fairness power.