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Partnership Law Act 2019

Relationship of partners to third persons and to each other - Relationship of partners to one another

53: Expulsion of partner

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"Partners can't be kicked out unless everyone agreed to it earlier"

You and your partners can't kick out another partner from your group unless you all agreed to it beforehand. This means that even if most of the partners want to remove someone, they can't do it unless everyone made a clear agreement that allows this to happen. This rule helps protect partners from being unfairly removed from the partnership.

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53Expulsion of partner

  1. A majority of the partners cannot expel a partner unless a power to do so has been given by express agreement between the partners.

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