This review article examines corporate governance in the context of companies which are in financial distress or insolvent, with reference to Keay, Walton and Curl’s Corporate Governance and Insolvency: Accountability and Transparency. The extensive literature on corporate governance has not...

Although the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) in Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd sought to clarify the scope of the common law doctrine of piercing of the corporate veil, there continues to be controversy and uncertainty surrounding the notion of veil-piercing, including continued scepticism on the import...

After years of deliberation, Hong Kong is close to introducing laws to impose personal liability on directors of a company who are responsible for insolvent trading. The proposed insolvent trading laws will be accompanied by provisions for a statutory corporate rescue procedure called...

This article analyses the common law doctrine of piercing of the corporate veil in the context of tort liabilities of a company. It is generally accepted that the veil-piercing doctrine can be applied where a company is used to evade existing legal obligations but not where a company is used to...

This paper aims to set out theoretical justifications for legislative reform in Hong Kong to protect consumers from misleading or deceptive marketing practices and to provide the outlines of a theoretical framework to delineate the proper scope of such protection. The Hong Kong Consumer Council...

The new Companies Ordinance of 2012 has been enacted in Hong Kong pursuant to the Companies Ordinance Rewrite project. One of the stated aims of the Rewrite is to enhance corporate governance. This article examines some of the reform initiatives implemented in the new Ordinance in the area of...