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Spear's Online, Tuesday 12 July 2013: Expert Analysis - Charmaine Hast Comments On The Prest Judgment
24 June 2013
Wedlake Bell
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Charmaine Hast, head of the family department at London law
firm Wedlake Bell, says:
'The unanimous Supreme Court decision reconstitutes what
English law has always stood for, which is transparency and the
inability to hide behind the skirts of corporate and trust
veils.
'The law of England and Wales has always led the world in
never being afraid to pierce the corporate veil in family law, and
it is extremely satisfying to know that the Law Lords, of which
Lady Hale is the only family Lady Lord, have come to their decision
unanimously.
'I believe this ruling will cut down on legal costs being
incurred unnecessarily by parties in contemplation of divorces,
even if it is a long way down the line and a possibility, planning
their affairs so as to circumvent justice, which now they cannot
do.
'This will help England to continue leading the
world on transparency, disclosure and frankness, and in being
incapable of hijack.'
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