Partnership and Agency Law: Legal regulations for partnerships and agencies.

Partnership and Agency Law: Legal regulations for partnerships and agencies.

Week 1: Basics of partnership law, types of partnerships

1. Day 1: Introduction to partnership law: general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships
2. Day 2: Understanding general partnerships: characteristics, formation, operation
3. Day 3: Understanding limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships: characteristics, formation, operation
4. Day 4: Rights and duties of partners: management, profit sharing, fiduciary duties
5. Day 5: Case study analysis of partnership issues

Week 2: Formation and dissolution of partnerships

1. Day 1: Formation of partnerships: partnership agreement, registration, name
2. Day 2: Partnership capital and property: contributions, ownership, profit and loss sharing
3. Day 3: Dissolution of partnerships: by agreement, by operation of law, by court order
4. Day 4: Winding up and termination of partnerships: settlement of accounts, distribution of assets
5. Day 5: Case study analysis of partnership formation and dissolution

Week 3: Basics of agency law, principal-agent relationship

1. Day 1: Introduction to agency law: concepts, principles
2. Day 2: Creation of agency: express agreement, implication, ratification
3. Day 3: Principal-agent relationship: rights and duties, authority of agent
4. Day 4: Liability in agency: contractual liability, tort liability
5. Day 5: Case study analysis of agency issues

Week 4: Rights, duties, and liabilities in agency, termination of agency

1. Day 1: Rights and duties of principals and agents: performance, remuneration, indemnity, fiduciary duties
2. Day 2: Termination of agency: by act of parties, by operation of law
3. Day 3: Effects of termination: duties and liabilities of principals and agents
4. Day 4: Case study analysis of termination of agency
5. Day 5: Review and wrap-up