VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corpn
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Mance,Lord Neuberger,Lord Wilson,Lord Clarke,Lord Reed |
| Judgment Date | 06 February 2013 |
| Neutral Citation | [2013] UKSC 5 |
| Date | 06 February 2013 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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The Public Institution for Social Security v Banque Pictet & Cie SA & Others
...be measured “in hours and not days”. Nor is it consistent with what Lord Neuberger stated in VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International [2013] UKSC 5 at [82] and [83]: “82. The first point is that hearings concerning the issue of appropriate forum should not involve masses of documents, long......
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Pavel Karpov v William Felix Browder and Others
...50 In some cases the assessment of the connection with, or reputation within, the country will be finely balanced. In VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp [2013] 2 WLR 398 Lord Mance JSC, having conducted a detailed review of the authorities on service out of the jurisdiction and f......
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Eurasia Sports Ltd v Lan-Chun Tsai (Known as Martin Tsai) and Others
...of the test to be applied and that the applicable law is an important consideration. The claimant relies on VTB Capital plc v. Nutritek International Corporation and others [2013] UKSC 5; [2013] 2 AC 337 in that regard. Article 4(1) of Rome II (EC Regulation No 864 of 2007) governs the pr......
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Apex Global Management Ltd (Petitioner) v Fi Call Ltd and Others
...ought to exercise its discretion to permit service of the proceedings out of the jurisdiction. These tests come from VTB Capital PLC v. Nutritrek International Corp [2013] 2 WLR 398, per Lord Clarke at paragraph 164 and AK Investment CJSC v. Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd [2012] 1 W.L.R. 1804 (Privy......
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10 firm's commentaries
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Global Arbitration Review - The Guide to M&A Arbitration: United Kingdom
...Transeld Shipping Inc v. Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas) [2008] UKHL 48.65 VTB Capital Plc v. Nutritek International Corp [2013] UKSC 5. English law is strict on these contractual mechanisms, as can be seen in its rejection of a purported doctrine that companies can bind other compan......
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April 2013: London Litigation Update
...the Corporate Veil: VTB Capital plc v. Nutritek International Corp and Others [2013] UKSC 5. In a recent case, the United Kingdom Supreme Court unanimously refused to pierce the corporate veil in order to treat an alleged controller of a company as a party to a contract entered into by that......
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New Publication On Piercing The Corporate Veil
...the UK Supreme Court's recent watershed decisions on piercing the corporate veil in VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp, [2013] UKSC 5 and Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd, [2013] UKSC Anyone looking for a more extensive review of these cases, including their implications for Canadi......
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Lifting The Veil - After The Supreme Court's Treatment Of The Corporate Veil In 2013 Where Do We Currently Stand?
...and act as a façade, at the relevant point, may succeed but applicants are strongly advised to seek alternative methods. Footnotes 1 [2013] UKSC 5. 2 [2013] UKSC 34, [2013]2 A.C. 415 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice ......
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15 books & journal articles
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Contract formation
...(Aust) Pty Ltd v Gas Transmission Services WA (Operations) Pty Ltd [2007] VSC 301; VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp [2013] UKSC 5; Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd [2013] UKSC 34; Simgood Pte Ltd v MLC Barging Pte Ltd [2016] SGCa 46 at [22]–[26]; Owners – Strata Plan No. 91349 v ......
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(Non‐)Enforcement of Directors’ Duties in Corporate Groups: Goh Chan Peng v Beyonics Technology Ltd
...Issues?’(2016) 28 SAcLJ 209.27 Petrodel Resources Ltd vPrest [2013] UKSC 34; [2013] 2 AC 415; VTB Capital plc vNutritekInternational Corp [2013] UKSC 5; [2013] 2 AC 337; Alwie Handoyo vTjong Very Sumito [2013]SGCA 44; [2013] 4 SLR 308.28 In Lord Sumption JSC’s terminology in Petrodel Resour......
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When is a Subsidiary's Negligence the Parent Company's Problem?
...above n 4, at 613. 29 Salomon v Salomon and Company Ltd [1897] AC 22 (HL) at 43; and VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp [2013] UKSC 5, [2013] 2 AC 337 at [138]–[139]. 30 Attorney-General v Equiticorp Industries Group Ltd (in stat man) [1996] 1 NZLR 528 (CA). 31 Heys , above n 15,......
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Judgment-Proofing Voluntary Sector Organisations from Liability in Tort
...Commission, 2010) at 17. 114. Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd , [2013] UKSC 34 [ Prest ]; VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp , [2013] UKSC 5 [ VTB ]. 115. See VTB , ibid at para 143, Lord Neuberger. 116. Supra note 67. 117. Ibid at 544. 118. Supra note 114 at paras 21-22, Lord Sum......
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