The Liability of the Holding Company for the Debts of its Insolvent Subsidiaries

Andrew Muscat

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English

Routledge
11 November 2016

Company law; Equity & trusts; Bankruptcy & insolvency

This work deals with the liability of the holding company for the debts of its insolvent subsidiaries.

In analyzing the current position under English law, the work challenges as outmoded and inadequate the virtual dogma that a holding company is not answerable for the debts of its insolvent subsidiaries.

The study identifies four separate and distinct types of behavioural practices within corporate groups which may prejudice the interests of external creditors or otherwise constitute an abuse of the corporate form; the subservient subsidiary situation; the inadequately financed subsidiary situation; the integrated economic enterprise situation; and the group persona situation.

After weighing the various arguments for and against a change in the law and concluding that reform is called for, the study proceeds to submit some radical proposals for reform.

The basic thrust of the reform proposals is that in a number of well-defined situations entity law should give way to an enterprise analysis and holding company liability should be imposed for the debts of insolvent subsidiaries.

By: Andrew Muscat
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 219mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138276789
ISBN 10: 1138276782
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 11 November 2016
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: Introduction; The Corporate Group - Risks of Abuse and Unfairness in Certain Behavioural Practices; The Relevance of Ordinary Principles to the Question of Inter-Corporate Liability; Policy Objectives and the Corporate Group; The Subservient Subsidiary Situation; The Undercapitalised Subsidiary Situation; The Integrated Economic Enterprise Situation; The Group Persona Situation; Common Issues; Conclusion.

Andrew Muscat