In: Accounting
Tshepo and Onalenna are two graduates who were employed by a big company in Pikwe. after gaining some experience, they gace in to the temptation to go it alone. They approached a company consultant in town who advised that they could open their own company with the two as directors sharing 50:50. Their first major business was through a tender for construction of an oil pipeline from Maun to Franscis town. This tender was valued at P50 million. After receiving their first payment, they all over suddenly become spent thrift. They settled for expensive procurement of cars, houses; which they billed on the company. As a consequence taxes bagan to fall due and government pressed them to account for the monies they had received. Fearing they might be prosecuted, they withdraw all the money and migrate to South Africa. The company has been betrayed and so are the employees and the government.
required :
In relation to company law, explain the doctrine of separate legal personality and illustrate the effect of the doctrine on the liability of owners of the company