All Articles and Cases
07/02/08
LLP MEMBERS - Personal Liability for Negligence: Think of the Home Game as well as the Away Match
Article written by John Whittaker and John Machell, Barristers, Serle Court (29th January 2008).
Description: In this case study John Whittaker and John Machell discuss personal liability for negligence both in the work place amongst your own employees as well as negligence that may impact clients and their organisations. They expose some common mistakes that can open you up to potential risks and explain how best to reduce your exposure to negligence.
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25/11/07
MR. P.J. BLOXHAM v FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
The Employment Tribunals - Judgment in the case of Mr. P.J. Bloxham and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (11th October, 2007)
Description: In this case study the claimant failed in his complaint of discrimination on the grounds of age.
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15/08/07
PRESCOTT v DUNWOODY SPORTS MARKETING [2007] EWCA Civ 461, Times 25 May 2007
Case concerning enforceability of restrictive covenants post-incorporation of a partnership business.
Description: Following a conversion of a partnership to LLP status, held that the restrictive covenants under the old partnership deed could still be enforced against partners who retire from the partnership prior to conversion.
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15/08/07
HAILES v HOOD[2007] EWHC 1616 (Ch) (25th April, 2007)
Case concerning the construction of the settlement of an LLP dispute. The judgment includes useful general comment on the effect of the LLP default rules and s.459 in an LLP context.
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13/07/07
PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS
Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships: Repudiation and its Effects Compared -
Article written by John Whittaker, Barrister, Serle Court (July 2007).
Description: An article discussing and comparing the effects of repudiation on the two types of partnerships.
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01/03/07
EXPULSION AND COMPULSORY RETIREMENT: The Nasty Side of Life
06/04/06
MR JUSTICE LIGHTMAN - Re Rogers Deceased
Judgment in an LLP test was handed down by Lightman J on 6th April, 2006: Re Rogers Deceased [2006] EWHC 753 (Ch).
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