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Landmark Company Law cases

Foundational UK company law authorities — directors' duties, corporate veil, shareholders — ordered by citation impact.

42 landmarks, ordered by citation impact.

  1. 01

    Chandler v Cape

    [2012] EWCA Civ 525 · Court of Appeal · 2012
  2. 02

    Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell

    [2021] UKSC 3 · Supreme Court · 2021
  3. 03

    Foss v Harbottle

    (1843) 2 Hare 461 · Court of Chancery · 1843
  4. 04

    Royal British Bank v Turquand

    (1856) 6 E & B 327 · Court of Exchequer · 1856
  5. 05

    Pre-incorporation — Kelner v Baxter

    (1866) LR 2 CP 174 · Court of Common Pleas · 1866
  6. 06

    Pender v Lushington

    (1877) 6 Ch D 70 · 1877
  7. 07

    Share Capital — Trevor v Whitworth

    (1887) 12 App Cas 409 · House of Lords · 1887
  8. 08

    Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd

    [1896] UKHL 1 · House of Lords · 1896
  9. 09

    Salomon v A Salomon & Co

    [1897] AC 22 · House of Lords · 1897
  10. 10

    Percival v Wright

    [1902] 2 Ch 421 · Chancery Division · 1902
  11. 11

    Boyle v Carolan

    [1916] 1 Ch 542 · 1916
  12. 12

    Re Yenidje Tobacco

    [1916] 2 Ch 426 · Court of Appeal · 1916
  13. 13

    Macaura v Northern Assurance

    [1925] AC 619 · House of Lords · 1925
  14. 14

    Gilford Motor Co v Horne

    [1933] Ch 935 · Court of Appeal · 1933
  15. 15

    Insolvency — Re Patrick & Lyon Ltd

    [1933] Ch 786 · Chancery Division · 1933
  16. 16

    Edwards v Halliwell

    [1950] 2 All ER 1064 · Court of Appeal · 1950
  17. 17

    Pavlides v Jensen

    [1956] Ch 565 · Chancery Division · 1956
  18. 18

    Freeman & Lockyer v Buckhurst Park Properties

    [1964] 2 QB 480 · Court of Appeal · 1964
  19. 19

    Regal (Hastings) v Gulliver

    [1967] 2 AC 134 · House of Lords · 1967
  20. 20

    Hogg v Cramphorn

    [1967] Ch 254 · Chancery Division · 1967
  21. 21

    Bamford v Bamford

    [1970] Ch 212 · Court of Appeal · 1970
  22. 22

    Bushell v Faith

    [1970] AC 1099 · House of Lords · 1970
  23. 23

    Agency — Panorama Developments (Guildford) Ltd v Fidelis Furnishing Fabrics Ltd

    [1971] 2 QB 711 · Court of Appeal · 1971
  24. 24

    Industrial Development Consultants v Cooley

    [1972] 1 WLR 443 · Birmingham Assizes · 1972
  25. 25

    Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries

    [1973] AC 360 · House of Lords · 1973
  26. 26

    Wallersteiner v Moir (No 2)

    [1975] QB 373 · Court of Appeal · 1975
  27. 27

    Clemens v Clemens Bros

    [1976] 2 All ER 268 · Chancery Division · 1976
  28. 28

    DHN Food Distributors v Tower Hamlets

    [1976] 1 WLR 852 · Court of Appeal · 1976
  29. 29

    Woolfson v Strathclyde Regional Council

    1978 SC (HL) 90 · House of Lords · 1978
  30. 30

    Re A Company

    [1986] BCLC 376 · 1986
  31. 31

    Wrongful Trading — Re Produce Marketing Consortium Ltd

    [1989] BCLC 513 · Chancery Division · 1989
  32. 32

    Adams v Cape Industries

    [1990] Ch 433 · Court of Appeal · 1990
  33. 33

    Re D'Jan

    [1993] BCC 646 · Chancery Division · 1993
  34. 34

    Directors' Duties — Re D'Jan of London Ltd

    [1994] 1 BCLC 561 · Chancery Division · 1994
  35. 35

    Unfair Prejudice — Re Saul D Harrison & Sons plc

    [1995] 1 BCLC 14 · Court of Appeal · 1995
  36. 36

    O'Neill v Phillips

    [1999] 1 WLR 1092 · House of Lords · 1999
  37. 37

    Bhullar v Bhullar

    [2003] EWCA Civ 424 · Court of Appeal · 2003
  38. 38

    Item Software v Fassihi

    [2004] EWCA Civ 1244 · Court of Appeal · 2004
  39. 39

    Re Continental Assurance of London

    [2007] 2 BCLC 287 · Chancery Division · 2007
  40. 40

    VTB Capital v Nutritek International

    [2013] UKSC 5 · Supreme Court · 2013
  41. 41

    Prest v Petrodel Resources

    [2013] UKSC 34 · Supreme Court · 2013
  42. 42

    THG Plc v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd

    [2026] UKSC 6 · United Kingdom Supreme Court · 2026