State the legal principle on company law established by the case of Salomon vs Salomon & Co. Ltd. (1897) A 22
The case of Salomon vs Salomon & Co Ltd . helped to establish the separate entity concept, which means that the business is an entity that is separate in all respects, which translates into the business having a separate legal personality, obligations, rights which are different from that of its shareholders.
However, it also states that the state has the full right to "unveil the corporate veil" to understand the true nature of the conducting the business if it feels that there has been some foul play committed by the stakeholders and hold them personally responsible for any misdoings in the business leading to its peril or downfall.
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