Partnership law: the modern law of firms, limited partnerships and LLPs
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Preface......................................................................... v
Table of Statutes............................................................. xxi
Table of Statutory Instruments............................................. xxxiii
Table of Cases............................................................. xxxix
Chapter 1 Partnership in general....................................... 1
1 THE NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP........................................ 1
2 THE HISTORY OF PARTNERSHIP...................................... 2
A The origins................................................... 3
B The statutes of 1865, 1890 and 1907........................... 3
C Later development............................................. 6
3 FOREIGN FIRMS AND COMPANIES..................................... 8
A Foreign companies and apparent companies..................... 8
B Scottish and Irish partnerships............................... 8
C Isle of Man and Channel Islands.......... ................... 9
D The nature of foreign partnerships.......................... 9
E Recognition by the courts of England and Wales................ 10
F Procedure against foreign firms.............................. 10
Chapter 2 Whether there is a partnership and whether a person is a partner.... 13
1 EXPRESS AGREEMENT, COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE......................... 14
A Agreement that there is or is not a partnership............. 14
B The issue as to the existence of the partnership............... 17
C Sham partnerships.......................................... 18
D Partnership options.......................................... 19
E Proposals and preparation for business....................... 20
F Draft agreements acted upon or not acted upon.................. 21
G Deeds and written and oral agreements........................ 22
LI Continuation, and whether there is a new partnership.......... 23
I Salaried partners...................................... 24
2 THE EXISTENCE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITHOUT EXPRESS
AGREEMENT......................................................... 24
A The implication of partnership generally,...,............
B Carrying on a business in common with a view of profit........
3 SHARING OF PROFITS AND PROPERTY AS EVIDENCE OF
PARTNERSHIP...............
A Sharing net profits....
Where sharing profits does not create a partnership....
Sharing gross profits....
Sharing losses........
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Employees and agents .......
Lenders........................
Legatees.......................
Sharing property ...............
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4 JOINT VENTURES..................................................... 43
A Partnership contrasted with other joint ventures.................. 43
B Rights and liabilities of joint venturers......................... 44
5 OTHER ENTITIES AKIN TO PARTNERSHIPS................................ 46
A Agents......................................................... 46
B Barristers5 chambers............................................. 47
C Commercial agents................................................ 48
D Civil partnerships............................................... 48
E Clubs and societies.............................................. 48
F Companies limited and unlimited.................................... 49
G Employment......................................................... 50
H European Economic Interest Groups................................ 50
I Family partnerships............................................. 51
J Franchises........................................................ 51
K Friendly societies................................................ 51
L Landlords and tenants............................................ 51
M Mutual benefit associations.................................... 52
N Marriage; boyfriends and girlfriends............................. 52
O Mining companies in the stannaries............................. 53
P Public-private partnerships...................................... 53
Q Quasi-partnerships........................................... 53
R Share farmers.................................................... 53
S Sharia law........................................................ 54
Chapter 3 Capacity.......................................................... 55
1 THOSE ENTITIES AND PERSONS THAT HAVE CAPACITY TO
BE PARTNERS........................................................ 55
A Those with capacity to be partners................................ 55
B Those who may lack capacity to be partners........................ 58
2 MINORS......................................................... 60
A The minority of a partner......................................... 60
B Affirmation of the partnership..................................... 61
C Judgment and execution........................................... 61
3 MENTAL INCAPACITY: DEMENTIA, MADNESS AND
DRUNKENNESS......................................................... 61
A The partner mentally incapable when commencing partnership........ 62
B Patients of the Court of Protection............................... 62
C Loss of mental capacity during the course of the partnership..,,.. 63
4 DISQUALIFICATION, BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY........................ 63
A Disqualification under the Company Directors Disqualification Act
1986............................................................ 64
B A partner s bankruptcy............................................ 64
C Solicitors5 practising certificates................................ 65
Chapter 4 illegality...................................................... 67
1 FIRMS THAT ARE ILLEGAL........................................ 67
A Common law illegality.............................................. 68
B Statutory illegality............................................ 68
C Fraud and other tort, champerty, corruption, immorality and
gambling...................................................... 70
D Foreign relations................................................ 73
E Anti-competitive practice: English and European law.............. 74
F Unqualified and disqualified professionals...................... 75
G Former restriction on firms of more than 20 members.................. 77
H Financial regulation.................................................... 78
2 THE EFFECT OF ILLEGALITY.................................................. 78
A The effect generally.................................................... 78
B The relations of outsiders with an illegal firm...................... 79
C Illegality causes immediate dissolution................................ 81
D Enforcement of rights between partners............................... 82
E The illegality abandoned................................................ 86
Chapter 5 Holding out..................................
1 LIABILITY OF ONE WHO IS HELD OUT TO BE A PARTNER
2 WHAT AMOUNTS TO A SUFFICIENT REPRESENTATION ....
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A His own representation about himself..................
B A shadow partner......................................
C Another’s representation knowingly suffered by him
TO WHOM HE IS LIABLE
FOR WHAT HE IS LIABLE............................
THE RETIRED, BANKRUPT OR DEAD PARTNER..............
PASSING-OFF: A PERSON FALSELY REPRESENTING HIMSELF
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FIRM.........................
LIABILITIES BETWEEN THE FIRM AND THE PERSON HELD
OUT.................................................
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Chapter 6 Sub-partnerships and group partnerships....................... 95
1 SUB-PARTNERSHIPS.................................................. 95
A Sub-partnerships generally...................................... 95
B A partnership of a partnership share............................ 96
C Another firm being itself a partner............................. 96
D A sub-group within a larger entity............................ 96
E Implied terms of the sub-partnership........................... 97
2 GROUP, PARALLEL AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS........................ 97
A Group partnerships........................................... 97
B Parallel partnerships........................................... 98
C Corporate partnerships....................................... 98
Chapter 7 The partnership agreement.
1 THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
A The minimum agreement..................................
B The duration and continuation of the partnership ......
C Construction of the partnership agreement..............
D Penalties, forfeitures and unfair and onerous conditions
2 VARIATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT..............
A Express and implied variation between existing members
B A new partner joining the firm...................
C Partnership options............................
D Mergers
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Chapter 8 Partnership assets and liabilities
1 PARTNERSHIP PROPERTY............................
A introduction...............................
B Categories of partnership property............
C Partnership property contrasted with other property
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2 THE PROPERTY OF INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS CONTRASTED
WITH THAT OF THE FIRM...................................... 125
A Proprietary and non-proprietary rights................... 126
B Rules for ascertaining whether property belongs to one or more
partners or to the firm................................. 126
3 TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY BETWEEN THE FIRM AND ITS
MEMBERS................................................... 135
A Agreements between the firm and its members..............135
B Creditors............................................... 135
C Land: the requirement of writing.........................136
D An agreement will not be inferred without evidence...... 137
4 PARTNERSHIP LAND, LEASES AND TENANCIES.....................138
A Partnership land generally.............................. 138
B The nature and vesting of partnership land............... 140
C Partnership leases, tenancies and reversions ............ 142
D Agricultural land..................................... 146
E Partnership mortgages and charges........................ 148
5 GOODWILL AND THE FIRM NAME.............................. 148
A Goodwill.............................................. 148
B The firm name......................................... 151
C Companies Act 2006, Part 41.............................. 153
6 CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY............................... 156
A Confidential information belonging to the firm........ 157
B Confidential information belonging to a client.......... 159
C Client loyalty.......................................... 159
D Privilege............................................... 159
E Copyright, designs and other intellectual property....... 160
Chapter 9 Partnership capital and partners’capital.............. 161
1 BACKGROUND................................................ 161
2 THE MEANING OF ‘PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL’.................... 162
3 PARTNERS’ CAPITAL..........................................162
4 ACCOUNTING FOR CAPITAI................................... 164
5 CURRENT ACCOUNTS....................................... 164
6 VARIATION, AND BLENDING PARTNERS’ CAPITAL AND
CURRENT ACCOUNTS.......................................... 164
7 INTEREST ON CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.............................. 165
8 CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL................................ 166
9 THE OWNERSHIP AND REPAYMENT OF PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL.. 167
Chapter 10 The partnership share.....................
1 THE NATURE AND SIZE OF A PARTNERSHIP SHARE
A An interest in the net assets....................
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B Presumption of equality............
C Survivorship .....................
D A share may be assigned or charged.
E The value of the share................................
F The partner’s lien....................................
MORTGAGEES, ASSIGNEES, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES,
TRUSTEES, NOMINEES, LEGATEES AND ATTORNEYS OF A
SHARE...................................................
A Assignees and chargees generally
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B Charging orders and the appointment of a receiver.................. 181
C Personal representatives of a partner.............................. 183
D The partnership share held upon trust or given by will............. 185
E Attorneys and Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney.............. 187
Chapter 11 The duty of good faith....................................... 189
1 THE GENERAL DUTY OF GOOD FAITH................................... 190
A A duty of good faith: honesty and other duties................. 190
B A fiduciary duty......................................... 191
C Limits on the duty of good faith ............................ 193
D Analogy with duties of company directors and employees......... 197
E Duration of duty........................................... 198
F Waiver and consent to breach of duty......................»..... 200
G Enforcement against third parties of the partner’s duty........ 200
2 THE DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION AND KEEP ACCOUNTS....................201
A General................................................ 201
B The duty to give information.............................. 201
C The duty to keep full and accurate accounts.................. 203
D Access to books and other records.............................. 204
3 PROFITING FROM THE FIRM..........................................207
A Profiting from the firm generally............................ 207
B Renewing partnership leases............................. 209
C Reversions on partnership leases............................... 210
D Outside work and office-holding............................. 212
E Lise by the partner of other partnership property.......... 213
F Bribes and commissions.................................. ....216
4 COMPETING WITH THE FIRM..........................................218
A Consent of the other partners ............................... 219
B The same nature ... and competing’..............................219
C Profits of office............................................ 220
D What is profit?............................................... 220
5 DUTIES WHEN A PARTNER JOINS THE FIRM OR BUYS OR
SELLS HIS SHARE...................................................221
A The duty...................................................... 221
B Duties of the purchaser and of the vendor................... 222
C Duty to the remaining partners as regards the transaction...... 224
D Where no sale materialises................................... 224
E Duty of continuing partners to estate of a dead partner........ 225
Chapter 12 Internal management...................................
1 MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING WITHIN THE FIRM
A Decision-making generally................................
B Decisions that can only be taken by the partners unanimously
C Decisions that may be taken by a majority.............
D The right of a single partner to act in the management...
E The management committee............................
F Gardening leave and exclusion from participation..
G Salaried partners and employees ....................
2 ACCOUNTS, PROFITS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.................
A Taxation and account keeping.............................
B Remuneration, profits and losses.....................
C A partner’s right to indemnity from the firm.....
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Chapter 13 Discrimination............................................ 253
1 DISCRIMINATION GENERALLY...................................... 253
2 EQUALITY ACT 2010............................................. 254
A Generally................................................... 254
B Protected characteristics................................... 255
C Prohibited conduct.......................................... 256
3 APPLICATION TO PARTNERSHIPS...................................261
A Prospective partners................................... 262
B Existing partners.................................... 262
C Limited partnerships....................................... 263
D Proposed firm............................................ 263
E Former partners..............................................263
F LLPs and proposed LLPs..................................... 263
G Employees of partnerships................................ 264
4 PROCEDURE..................................................... 264
A Jurisdiction of the employment tribunal.....................264
B Time limits............................................... 264
C Burden of proof...............................................264
D Remedies.................................................... 265
E Exclusion clauses and arbitration clauses................... 265
Chapter 14 Internal partnership dispute.............................. 267
1 ENFORCEMENT OF AGREEMENTS...................................... 267
A Enforcement of agreements to enter into partnership.........268
B Rescission for misrepresentation ........................... 270
2 REPUDIATION BY BREACH OF THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT................................................... 274
A Repudiation applied to partnerships...........................274
B What amounts to repudiation.................................277
C The effect of repudiation.....................................278
D Damages and repudiation.....................................279
3 THE CLAIM FOR AN ACCOUNT......................................279
A The right to an account.......................................279
B The meaning of 4action for an account5...................... 280
C Taking the account.......................................... 284
D Defences to actions for an account..........................288
Pi How settled accounts may be challenged..................... 291
4 BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE AND OTHER CLAIMS
BETWEEN PARTNERS................................................294
A Breach oi contract..........................................294
B Breach of fiduciary duty.................................... 296
C Negligence and gross negligence.............................. 298
D Fraud and other torts.................................... 302
E Setting transactions aside................................... 302
5 CONTRIBUTION BETWEEN PARTNERS ................................ 303
A What claims are actionable between partners.................. 303
B How claims for compensation or contribution between partners may
be enforced................................................ 303
Chapter 15 Remedies between partners................................. 309
1 JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE................................... 310
A Jurisdiction............................................. 310
B Limits on claims for debt or damages where no account is sought.. 313
C Necessary parties to a partnership action........................... 315
D Disclosure and privilege........................................... 317
E Judgments and enforcement.......................................... 319
F Interest......................................................... 320
G Costs of a partnership action....................................... 321
H Compromise between partners........................................ 322
2 ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION............................................ 323
A Arbitration and mediation agreements................................ 323
B Mediation or ‘ADR5.................................................. 325
C Arbitration applications to the court............................... 326
D County court......................................................*. 327
E Stay of parallel court proceedings.................................. 327
F Powers of the arbitrator............................................ 328
G Costs of arbitration................................................328
FI Arbitration appeals to the court................................... 329
3 INJUNCTIONS BETWEEN PARTNERS .................................... 330
A Specific performance and dissolution............................ 330
B Injunctions restraining misbehaviour by a partner or the firm....... 330
C Mutuality........................................................... 332
D Mandatory injunctions to enforce the personal obligations of a
partner ....................................................... 332
E Injunctions where dissolution is an alternative remedy ............ 333
F Interim injunctions and undertakings............................... 333
4 A PARTNER’S APPLICATION FOR A RECEIVER....................... 335
A Receivers generally............................................ 335
B Partnership receivers appointed by agreement....................... 336
C Who may apply to the court for the appointment of a partnership
receiver,..........................................................336
D Who may be appointed............................................ 337
E The grounds for appointment before dissolution .................... 337
F The grounds for appointment in a dissolution..................... 338
G Procedure on appointment......................................... 339
H Remuneration....................................................... 340
I Receiver and manager............................................ 341
J Status and powers of receiver or receiver and manager.............. 343
K Restrictions on creditors.......................................... 344
5 LIMITATION AND DELAY AS REGARDS CLAIMS BETWEEN
PARTNERS........................................................ 344
A Limitation generally............................................ 344
B Limitation in claims between continuing partners: no time period.... 345
C Limitation in claims between the firm and an outgoing partner or his
estate: ordinary time period........................................ 345
D Extension of ordinary time limits............................. 349
E Laches, waiver, acquiescence and abandonment...................... 352
Chapter 16 Dissolution, retirement and expulsion without court order ......... 35/
1 DISSOLUTION GENERALLY............................................... 357
A The meaning of dissolution, Technical dissolution’ and winding up ... 358
B Dissolution on illegality, repudiation, frustration or rescission.. 360
C Dissolution under the partnership agreement..................... 360
D Dissolution by subsequent agreement or implication................. 363
E Setting aside dissolution agreements............................. 364
F Publicising dissolution..................................... 365
2 DISSOLUTION BY NOTICE.......................................... 366
A Express provision for dissolution on notice.................. 366
B Partnerships at will dissolved on notice..................... 366
C The nature and effect of a notice............................ 367
3 DISSOLUTION BY DEATH, BANKRUPTCY OR CHARGING.................... 369
A Death....................................................... 370
B Bankruptcy................................................... 370
C Dissolution when a partner’s share is charged................ 371
4 RETIREMENT AND EXPULSION....................................... 372
A Retirement and expulsion generally........................... 372
B Retirement................................................... 373
C The right to expel...........................................375
D Exercise of the right to expel............................... 376
Chapter 17 Dissolution by court order................................. 381
1 DISSOLUTION BY COURT ORDER GENERALLY......................... 381
A General...................................................... 382
B Procedure.................................................... 382
2 GROUNDS FOR DISSOLUTION: MENTAL AND OTHER
INCAPACITY.....................................................385
A Dissolution by the court for incapacity generally............ 385
B Mental incapacity...»........................................ 386
C Other incapacity............................................ 388
D The court’s discretion in anv case of incapacity............. 389
3 DISSOLUTION FOR MISCONDUCT................................... 389
A Generally................................................... 389
B Dishonesty........................................ 391
C Adultery..................................................... 391
D Other misbehaviour............................................392
E Triviality and mere distrust................................. 393
4 INSOLVENCY AND LOSS-MAKING AS A GROUND FOR
DISSOLUTION.....................................................393
A Procedure.................................................. 393
B The grounds for the application.............................. 394
5 DISSOLUTION WHEN JUST AND EQUITABLE.......................... 394
A The wide jurisdiction...................................... 395
B Where the applicant is at fault........................... 395
C Where there is a breakdown in relations...................... 396
Chapter 18 The effect of dissolution and retirement................... 399
1 MANAGEMENT AFTER DISSOLUTION OR RETIREMENT...................... 399
A Management.............................................. 400
B Profits and losses during winding up.........................404
C The effect of dissolution on outsiders........................414
2 THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES ON A RETIREMENT.......................421
A The effect of dissolution, retirement and pre-emption agreements and
options.................................................... 422
B The valuation of the share of an outgoing partner......... 424
C Goodwill, work-in-progress and non-assignable assets........ 425
D The departing partner’s indemnity........................... 427
3 THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTNERS ON DISSOLUTION: WINDING
UP.......................................................... 429
A cApplication’ of partnership property........................ 429
B A sale....................................................... 431
C Distribution of net assets.....................................436
D Discharge of liabilities and losses............,.............441
E Return of premiums...........................................443
4 COMPETITION WITH THE FIRM AFTER RETIREMENT OR
DISSOLUTION.................................................... 444
A The right to compete.........................................444
B Covenants in restraint of trade generally.................... 448
C What is ‘reasonable’...................................... 451
Chapter 19 The firm and outsiders.................................... 457
1 THE AUTHORITY OF A PARTNER TO BIND THE FIRM...................458
A The express and implied authority of a partner.............. 458
B Matters within the business of the firm.................... 464
2 THE LIABILITY OF THE FIRM FOR A PARTNER’S WRONGS
AND OMISSIONS.................................................478
A Wrongful acts and omissions generally.......................478
B Negligence................................................ 481
C Breach of contract.......................................... 482
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D Crime............................................................
E Fraud,........................................................
F Misrepresentation....,.........................................
G Constructive trusteeship or accountability in equity............
H Other torts and wrongs.........................................
I Where the partners in the firm change.........................
J Liability of a successor practice on a professional indemnity claim...
BREACH OF TRUST AND MISAPPROPRIATION.............................
A The principles.................................................
B Where the partner in default is acting within his authority as a
partner.......................................................
C Where the partner in default is acting outside his authority as a
partner.......................................................
D What the firm may be liable for................................
E Breach of solicitors’ undertakings.............................
F A trustee-partner’s right to fees..............................
CLIENTS’ CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND CONFLICTS
OF INTEREST......................................................
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Chapter 20 How partners bear the firm’s liabilities................................. 503
1 JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY................................................. 503
A Joint and several liability explained.................................... 503
B Whether the liability is joint or several or both................... 505
C Releases and judgments................................................... 507
D A partner’s death........................................ 509
2 THE BEGINNING AND END OF A PARTNER’S LIABILITY.............................. 510
A The beginning of liability: the incoming partner ................................. 510
B The end of liability: the retired, expelled, bankrupt or dead partner... 514
3 THE FIRM’S NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE AND THE CLIENT’S
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION...,...............................................523
A The knowledge of a partner............................................... 523
B Exclusion of liability by notice to the outsider......................... 527
C Employees............................................................. 528
Chapter 21 Litigation by and against outsiders.............................. 529
1 ACTIONS BY THE FIRM..................................................530
A The firm’s cause of action.................................. 530
B What partner may authorise and prosecute proceedings?...... 534
C Set-off between debts and credits of the firm and the partner. 536
2 ACTIONS AGAINST THE FIRM.............................................. 538
A When and how a claim against the firm may be brought.......... 538
B The partners’ defence......................................... 541
3 PROCEDURE............................................................. 543
A The scope of rules of court enabling a firm to sue or be sued in the
firm name.................................................. 543
B Service and acknowledgment of service............................. 546
C Disclosure of partners’ names............................... 550
D Disclosure and admissions................................... 551
E Admissions................................................... 552
4 JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION AGAINST THE FIRM.............................. 553
A Judgment against the firm................................... 553
B Summary judgment.............................................. 554
C Execution on a judgment against the firm generally............ 554
D Execution against the assets of the firm...................... 554
E Execution against a partner without permission................ 555
F Execution against partners and non-partners with permission....556
G The appointment of a receiver.............................. 557
H Charging orders......................................... 557
I Bankruptcy................................................... 558
J Statutory winding up....................................... 558
K Garnishee’ or third party debt’ proceedings................ 558
5 COSTS................................................................559
A Costs orders................................................. 559
B The firm as a litigant in person................................... 559
Chapter 22 Insolvency - winding up and similar procedures................... 561
1 BANKRUPTCY CONTRASTED WITH STATUTORY WINDING UP.. 562
A The Insolvency Act 1986 option of statutory winding up.........562
B Statutory winding up: drafting and terminology................ 563
2 BANKRUPTCY........................................................... 565
A Bankruptcy law preserved...................................... 566
B Applications outside the ambit of statutory winding up........ 566
C The effect of bankruptcy...................................... 568
3 CREDITORS’ APPLICATIONS UNDER THE INSOLVENCY ACT
1986................................................................. 570
A Creditors’ applications generally.................................. 570
B Creditors’ winding-up petitions where no concurrent bankruptcy or
other insolvency petitions are presented against any members...... 575
C Concurrent petitions against firm and members...................... 576
D Creditors’ applications for an administration order................ 579
4 MEMBERS’ APPLICATIONS UNDER THE INSOLVENCY
ACT 1986............................................................. 586
A Members’ winding up and administration applications........... 586
B Members’ applications for an administration order............. 587
C Members’ winding-up petitions where no bankruptcy or other
insolvency petition is presented against any member...............588
D Members’ winding-up petition where concurrent bankruptcy or
other insolvency petitions are presented against all the members. 589
E Article 11: members’ applications for joint bankruptcy without
winding up the partnership....................................... 592
F Members’ applications for partnership voluntary arrangements
with creditors - TV As’.......................................... 596
5 APPLICATIONS BY OTHERS UNDER THE INSOLVENCY ACT
1986................................................................ 598
A Applications by the liquidator or other responsible insolvency
practitioner..................................................... 598
B Financial services partnerships................................... 599
C Applications by the Secretary of State.......................... 600
D The court of its own motion....................................... 601
6 EU REGULATION OF INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS............................. 601
Chapter 23 The insolvent firm’s debts................... 605
1 PRIORITY OF DEBTS GENERALLY........................ 606
2 POSTPONEMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF PARTNERS AND
OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THE INSOLVENT FIRM........... 606
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A Partners................................................
B The partner’s spouse...............................
C Lenders, vendors and others with an interest in a profit share .....
D Which debts are postponed?..............................
SET-OFF...................................................
A General.................................................
B Joint debts of the firm and separate debts of partners..
SECURED CREDITORS.........................................
A General..................................................
B The joint estate of the firm and the separate estate of the partner
THE PARTNER’S LIEN.........................................
A The priority of the partner’s lien...........................
B Registration and protection of liens over land..................
COSTS AND EXPENSES IN INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS.....................
A Partner’s bankruptcy or insolvency...........................
B Dissolution and winding up of the firm without statutory
winding up.....................................................
C Statutory winding up of the partnership alone...................
D Statutory winding up of the partnership and a member or members
concurrently, with single trustee for both.......................
RELATIVE PRIORITY OF CREDITORS OF THE FIRM AND
CREDITORS OF PARTNERS......................
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A General..................................................................
B Priorities where the insolvent Partnerships Order 1994 applies ........
C The rule as to priorities where the Insolvent Partnerships Order
1994 does not apply......................................
ADJUSTMENT OF LIABILITIES BETWEEN PARTNERS..
A All partners solvent......................................
B Statutory winding up: the liquidator’s powers............
C The partner’s rights against an insolvent partner’s estate..
D An insolvent partner’s estate seeking a contribution against a
solvent partner......................................................
AN INSOLVENT MEMBER OF A SOLVENT FIRM .....................................
A A member’s insolvency.............................................
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B No dissolution..................................................... 633
C Dissolution........................................................ 633
10 THE ESTATE OF A DEAD PARTNER........................................634
A General............................................................ 634
B Death does not halt bankruptcy proceedings.........................* 634
C Priorities in relation to an insolvent estate...................... 635
D The position of the personal representatives....................... 635
Chapter 24 Limited partnerships......................................... 637
1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS GENERALLY...................................638
A The nature of limited partnerships............................ 638
B Sham limited partnerships.....................................640
C ‘Business’ and ‘business in common’........................... 641
D The limited partner’s financial position...................... 641
E Venture capital or private equity funds....................... 642
F Foreign firms and foreign recognition......................... 642
G Discrimination................................................ 643
2 MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS....................................... 643
A Powers of the general partner(s) and the limited partners....... 644
B Involvement by limited partners............................... 644
C Conflict between the limited partners, the general partner and the
operator................................................... 649
3 INCOMING AND OUTGOING PARTNERS AND THEIR
ASSIGNEES........................................................ 651
A Introduction of partners...................................... 651
B An assignment, charge, nomineeship or trusteeship of a limited
partner’s share............................................. 651
C The number of partners and their nature....................... 652
4 THE LIMITED PARTNER’S CAPITAL.................................... 653
5 REGISTRATION AND ADVERTISEMENT.....................................654
A Default in registration....................................... 654
B The details to be registered initially........................ 657
C The changes to be registered subsequently..................... 657
D The register................................................... 659
E Advertisement of changes......................................659
F The firm name and the Companies Act........................... 660
6 REGULATION OF THE BUSINESS........................................ 660
A Financial services.......................................... 660
B Collective investment schemes,............................... 661
C Successor partnerships.................................... 664
D Alternative authorisation for legal professionals.............. 665
7 DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP................................... 665
A Dissolution without court order............................... 665
B Dissolution by court order ................................. 667
C Winding up after dissolution.................................. 668
8 EXECUTION AND INSOLVENCY..................................... 668
A Judgment and execution against a limited partnership.......... 668
B Bankruptcy and petitions for statutory winding up..................669
C The priority of a limited partner’s claim against his insolvent firm. 671
Chapter 25 Limited liability partnerships................
1 THE NATURE AND CREATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIPS.........................................
673
674
A The nature of limited liability partnerships ( LLPs5)............... 674
B Sham limited liability partnerships................................. 677
C Registration and incorporation................. ..................... 678
D Pre-incorporation contracts........................................ 680
E The name of the LLP................................................. 681
F The business and property of the LLP............................. 684
G Taxation.......................................................... 686
H Litigation..................................... .................... 686
2 THE LLP AGREEMENT AND THE DEFAULT PROVISIONS.......................... 688
A The LLP agreement generally.......................................... 688
B What should be dealt with in the LLP agreement?...................... 688
C Default of specific agreement....................................... 691
D Unfair prejudice to members.......................................... 694
E Discrimination....................................................... 697
3 MEMBERS.............................................................. 697
A Members generally.......................................... 697
B Designated members............................................. 700
C The member s share: income and capital.......................... 702
D The member s liability to contribute to the LLP assets............... 704
E The liability of the LLP and of the member ........................ 705
F Good faith and the obligations of the LLP and its members
between themselves.................................................. 712
G Employment of members............................................... 714
H Commencement and cesser of membership................................ 716
4 AUDITORS, ACCOUNTS, CHARGES AND THE ANNUAL
RETURN.................................................................720
A Companies Act obligations........................................... 720
B Audit................................................................ 720
C Accounts.............................................................721
D Charges.............................................................. 723
P npgp annual foPiini 79 3
5 INSOLVENCY, WINDING UP, MISFEASANCE AND
DISQUALIFICATION....................................................... 723
A Insolvency, voluntary arrangements and administration................ 723
B Dissolution and winding up...........................................724
C Investigation and misfeasance........................................ 726
D Recoupment from members.............................................. 727
E Disqualification..................................................... 729
6 TRANSFER OF ASSETS FROM PARTNERSHIP TO LLP.......................... 732
A Transfers generally................................................... 732
B Existing leases, contracts, liabilities and substitution of defendants .... 733
C Executorships..................................................... 733
D Trusteeships and other appointments............................... 734
E CFA agreements........................................................ 734
F Clients................................................................................................. 734
G Taxation.......................................... 735
Appendix A: Partnership Act 1890 ................ 737
Appendix B: Limited Partnerships Act 1907...................................... 749
Appendix C: Limited Partnerships (Forms) Rules 2009......................... 755
Appendix D: Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names
(Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014......................... 761
Appendix E: Partnership (Accounts) Regulations 2008............................ 769
Appendix F: Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994.................................. 781
Appendix G: Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000............................ 965
Appendix H: Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001 ................. 981
Appendix I: Law of Partnership Act 1865 (repealed)........................... 1039
Appendix J: British Venture Capital Association statement 26 May 1987......... 1041
Index
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