Write an essay of 1,000 words (including footnotes but excluding any bibliography) on either of the
undernoted questions:
Either
- Alice, Brian and Charlotte wish to set up a business enterprise together, hand-making
violins, violas and cellos for disceming customers. Each can bring £200,000 to the
enterprise. They have big visions for the future, and would like to see their business become
to the orchestral string section what Steinway is to the piano — the #1 name. Advise them as
to the form of business organisation — tegal vehicle for business endeavour — they might
adopt?
or
- Under partnership law particular legal issues arise (1) when persons join existing
partnerships as new members, and (2) when partners resign from or retire from partnership
firms that are intending to continue in business. With reference to the appropriate sections
in the 1890 Act and relevant case law, discuss what these issues are and how the law deals
with them.
or
- Enumerate the general principles of the law of delict as illustrated in the judgment of the
Sheriff in the case of Helen Trueman v Aberdeenshire Council (2007) (see
http:/Avww.scotcourts. gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=c9d786a6-8980-69d2-
b500-ff0000d7 4aa7 for the Scottish Courts law report).
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