Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Nature of Limited Liability Partnership
13. Power of partner to bind the limited liability partnership
Feedback & supportEvery partner of a limited liability partnership is the agent of the limited liability partnership.
partner
“partner”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, means any person who has been admitted as a partner in the limited liability partnership in accordance with the limited liability partnership agreement;
Despite subsection (1), a limited liability partnership is not bound by anything done by a partner in dealing with a person if —
limited liability partnership
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 4(1);
the partner has in fact no authority to act for the limited liability partnership by doing that thing; and
the person knows that the partner has no authority or does not know or believe the partner to be a partner of the limited liability partnership.
Where a person has ceased to be a partner of a limited liability partnership, the person (called in this subsection former partner) is to be regarded (in relation to any person dealing with the limited liability partnership) as still being a partner of the limited liability partnership unless —
the person has notice that the former partner has ceased to be a partner of the limited liability partnership; or
notice that the former partner has ceased to be a partner of the limited liability partnership has been delivered to the Registrar.[9