Legal updates: March 2017

In this month's legal updates, experts at law firm Gateley plc consider an overhaul of liability rules for partnerships, property transfer not validly authorised, directors guidance on competition law

Property transfer not validly authorised

Although a company has a separate legal personality, it is not a sentient being and so can only act through its agents: its board of directors. The general rule for decision making by directors is that they do so collectively, usually by a majority decision taken at a board meeting. So board meetings and minutes of the business transacted at those meetings, are an important step in considering whether the actions of a company have been properly authorised and are valid.

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