Abstract
‘Lifting of corporate veil’ or disregarding of the corporate personality is common buzz in the modern corporate arena. The English courts have been often asked to disregard the separate legal personality of a company and its shareholders. However, the courts of UK rarely response to this issue. The courts often express their reluctance to lift the corporate veil. They try to save the corporate legal entity in all most all the cases, even if it is necessary to lift corporate veil to ensure justice. In this essay, an attempt has been made to explain the reluctance nature of the UK courts. To this connection, reference has been made to some cases to view the anatomy of the unwilling approach.