Chandler v Cape Plc
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lady Justice Arden,Lord Justice Moses,Lord Justice McFarlane |
| Judgment Date | 25 April 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] EWCA Civ 525 |
| Docket Number | Case No: B3/2011/1272 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Date | 25 April 2012 |
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23 cases
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Mr Amjad Rihan v Ernst & Young Global Ltd
...may or may not yield a duty of care owed by the parent, depending on the facts (see also Arden LJ's judgment in Chandler v. Cape plc [2012] 1 WLR 3111, at [80]). The injured claimant is likely to have a contract with the subsidiary but not the parent. To win against the parent the claimant......
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David Thompson v The Renwick Group Plc
...a subsidiary company from the risk of injury arising out of exposure to asbestos at work is afforded by the decision of this court in Chandler v Cape plc [2012] 1 WLR 3111. The facts there however are far removed from those which are under consideration in this appeal. 30 The claimant Chand......
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Property Alliance Group Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
...and factual situation as a whole.” 62 It is clear that parts of the threefold test and the assumption of responsibility test overlap: Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525, [2012] 1 WLR 3111, at paragraph 62 (Arden LJ). The different tests usually lead to the same answer and can be used ......
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17 firm's commentaries
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In Counsel - July 2012
...4 The Court of Appeal decision in Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525 is available at 5 The decision in Caparo Industries v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2 is available at http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1990/2.html. 6 The High Court decision in Paros Plc v Worldlink Group Plc [2012] EWHC 394......
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Assumption of Direct Responsibility for a Subsidiary's Liabilities – Is the Corporate Limited Liability Veil in Tatters?
...Raymond L. Sweigart, Samuel J. Pearse, Amina Adam] In the landmark decision of Chandler v Cape plc (2012) EWCA Civ 525 the Court of Appeal for England and Wales has upheld a High Court decision that a parent company owed a direct duty of care towards an employee of one of its subsidiaries t......
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Parent Company Liability: No arguable basis to impose a duty of care on UK parent company
...chain. Click here to download PDF. 1 AAA and others v Unilever PLC and Tea Kenya Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1532. 2 Chandler v Cape Plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525; Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1528. 3 Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another [2018] EWCA Civ 191 at [196......
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Corporate Veil Will Not Be Pierced
...Safety failing in its subsidiaries. Background David Thompson v Renwick Group Plc [2014] EWCA Civ 635 considers Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525, a Court of Appeal case which caused immense concern to companies. In Chandler, it was held that a parent company owed a direct duty of car......
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26 books & journal articles
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An Exception to Jesner: Preventing U.s. Corporations and Their Subsidiaries from Avoiding Liability for Harms Caused Abroad
...(TCC) 975 [51]-[52] (Eng.).259. Lungowe v. Vedanta Res. PLC [2017] EWCA (Civ) 1528 [88] (Eng.).260. See e.g., Chandler v. Cape PLC [2012] EWCA (Civ) 525 (Eng.) (holding that the parent company assumed a duty of care to ensure the health and safety of the subsidiary's employees).261. Lungowe......
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Human Rights After Kiobel: Choice of Law and the Rise of Transnational Tort Litigation
...(El-Hojouj/Derbal) (Neth.); Rb. 's-Gravenhage 14 september 2011, NJF 2011, 427 (Silan/Netherlands) (Neth.); Chandler v. Cape PLC, [2012] EWCA (Civ) 525, [1], [82] (appeal taken from Q.B.); Motto v. Trafigura Ltd., [2011] EWCA (Civ) 1150, [145] (appeal taken from Q.B.); Guerrero v. Monterric......
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Introduction
...is no anchor defendant” at para 5); Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc, [2017] EWCA Civ 1528, [2017] 10 WLUK 344; Chandler v Cape Plc, [2012] EWCA Civ 525, [2012] 4 WLUK 528 [Cape Plc]; Guerrero v Monterrico Metals Plc, [2009] EWHC 2475, [2009] 10 WLUK 446; Lubbe v Cape PLC, [2000] UKHL 41, [2......
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Linking Societal Injustice and Legalization: Potential of Canadian Class Actions in Addressing International Human Rights Violations Committed By Canadian Corporations Abroad
...is no anchor defendant” at para 5); Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc, [2017] EWCA Civ 1528, [2017] 10 WLUK 344; Chandler v Cape Plc, [2012] EWCA Civ 525, [2012] 4 WLUK 528 [Cape Plc]; Guerrero v Monterrico Metals Plc, [2009] EWHC 2475, [2009] 10 WLUK 446; Lubbe v Cape PLC, [2000] UKHL 41, [2......
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