On partnerships, promises and succession.

Brown, Jonathan

Abstract

This article questions Lord Hodge's suggestion in Sim v Howat (OH) that unilateral promise is the legal basis for the "transmission presumption" whereby a new partnership assumes the debts of the old, and proposes instead an approach based on the law of succession.

Citation

BROWN, J. 2023. On partnerships, promises and succession. Juridical review [online], 2023(3/4), pages 121-138. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 15, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 15, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 15, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 16, 2024
• Journal: Juridical review
• Print ISSN: 0022-6785
• Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2023
• Issue: 3/4
• Pages: 121-138
• Item Discussed: Sim v Howat [2011] CSOH 115; 2011 G.W.D. 24-550; [2011] 7 WLUK 99 (OH)
• Keywords: Assumption of responsibility; Implied promises; Legal personality; Partners' liabilities; Partnerships; Presumptions; Scotland; Succession
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2174495
• Publisher URL: https://uk.westlaw.com