Category: Disputes

By Julian Norris, Consultant Solicitor BMA Law & Alya Yasmin, Consultant Solicitor BMA Law Lease renewals can be a challenge for GP practices. Unlike many other businesses, GP surgeries and other healthcare practices can’t just up sticks and move easily. They’re often tied to a location because of their contract with the commissioner, specialist layouts and regulatory hoops, leaving landlords with the upper hand when…

by Julian Norris   Partnership expulsions are often messy affairs, whether there are clear grounds to expel a wayward partner or the other partners have come together to make a decision under a green socks clause, often under the premise that they can no longer work with the partner that they propose expelling.   Even more organised terminations, where an amicable exit arrangement has been agreed,…

by Julian Norris The Partnership Act 1890, provides at section 1 (1), “Partnership is the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit. ” Of course there is often a bit more to it than this and whilst there are usually profits to share, these can fluctuate and there can sometimes even be losses as well as…