Publications

The Evolution of the Partnership and the Predator Partner – Kluwer Mediation Blog, 7 March 2017

Partners in Profit – Financial Times, 9 November 2013 (reproduced on the Keystone Law website)

Taxed Today, Gone Tomorrow – Accountancy Live, 1 November 2013 (requires subscription)

Mixed blessings (concerning the Tiffin case) – Solicitors Journal, 14 February 2012 (requires subscriber login)

In a fix (concerning the Tiffin case, at the end of the main article) – The Lawyer, 6 February 2012

There may be trouble ahead: form an LLP without an LLP members’ agreement at your peril – legalfutures, 4 May 2011

Ten important provisions to include in your partnership or LLP agreement – Law Society Gazette, 24 September 2009

Who is liable for an LLP practice run-off premium? – Law Society Gazette, 20 August 2009

Recession forces change in practice structures – accountingweb, 11 May 2009 (requires free registration and log in to view the full article)

Making the bullies pay – The Lawyer, 11 February 2008 

Way out quest – The Lawyer, 22 October 2007 (relates to problems that can be encountered in exiting from an LLP) (co-authored with Troy Wano)

Enforceability of restrictive covenants following LLP conversion – Law Society’s Gazette, 28 September 2007 

Sale of an Insolvent Law Firm – Law Society’s Gazette, 3 August 2007   

Inadvertent discharge of partnership liabilities – Law Society’s Gazette, 22 June 2007  

Liability of salaried partners for Crown debts – Law Society’s Gazette, 11 May 2007

Breaking up is hard to do – Law Society’s Gazette, 21 July 2006  (relates to difficulties that can be encountered in a general dissolution)

Valuation and sale of goodwill – Law Society’s Gazette, 5 May 2006

Defining LLPs – Law Society’s Gazette, 3 March 2006

In a Limited Liability Partnership there is no default duty of good faith – Architect’s Journal, 23 February 2006 

Q&A on LLP minority oppression – Accountancy Age, 16 February 2006                                                                           

Seeking a mandate – Law Society’s Gazette, 20 January 2006 (contains a comment by me)

Getting a hold on partners – Law Society’s Gazette, 2 December 2005 (relates to liability of persons who are held out as partners)

Misappropriation of goodwill from a legal practice – Law Society’s Gazette, September 2005

Ownership of a firm’s property and business – Law Society’s Gazette, July 2005

The Disposition Of Jointly-Owned Partnership Property On Death – A Propos Partnership, June 2005

Members Only – (first published in) The Lawyer, 8 November 2004 (co-authored with Peter Ashford)

Chapter on “Partnership and Professional Practice Disputes” in Sweet & Maxwell’s “ADR and Commercial Disputes”, 2002 (out of print)

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