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Alternative Business Structures – Big Bang or damp squib?

by Peter Garry on 19 March 2010

  • Peter GarryPeter Garry

    Welcome to plawb, a blog devoted to English partnership and LLP law. Topics discussed include partnership and LLP agreement clause drafting, partnership and LLP disputes, and other legal issues affecting professional practices and other partnership and LLP businesses.

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    • Interim payment awarded against a partner prior to the taking of a partnership dissolution account
    • Solicitor escapes liability for Assigned Risk Pool run-off premium
    • Winkelhof whistleblower equity partner is not a “worker” after all, but can bring a discrimination claim in England
    • Winkelhof whistleblower equity partner is a “worker”
    • 5 questions for professional practices following the Seldon age discrimination judgment
    • Tiffin brings more certainty as to who is and who is not a partner
    • A final resolution of professional practice age discrimination issues?
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    • LLP + no LLP members’ agreement = litigation
    • PLAWBites – Partnership Dissolution FAQs
  • Key dates

    • The first Alternative Business Structure has been authorised (by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers):
      1 year, 7 months, 19 days ago
    • The Solicitors Regulation Authority started to accept applications for authorisation to trade as an Alternative Business Structure:
      1 year, 4 months, 22 days ago
    • Seldon appeal heard in the Supreme Court:
      1 year, 4 months, 8 days ago
    • Seldon Supreme Court judgment hand down:
      1 year, 0 months, 29 days ago
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    #Winkelhof whistleblower equity partner is a "worker" http://t.co/D7p5R6ZT371 days ago via web
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    5 questions for professional practices to ask themselves following #Seldon http://t.co/h9Zde1rE394 days ago via web
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    The #Seldon Supreme Court judgment will be handed down on Wednesday. Of great interest to partners approaching compulsory retirement age.398 days ago via web
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    A final resolution of professional practice age #discrimination issues? http://t.co/O1XDNgnA503 days ago via web
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    RT @legalfutures: The first ever #ABS has been authorised (by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers) http://t.co/BTmTB6XQ597 days ago via LinkedIn
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    Does a #firm have to complete existing transactions on #dissolution? http://t.co/QxFis0X #in640 days ago via LinkedIn
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