Documents, letters and contracts for business - Company and partnership documents

Limited liability partnership agreementYou want the features of a partnership together with the benefits of "limited liability". You're therefore looking to form a limited liability partnership (LLP). Use our agreement as a basic framework.AdviceLimited... Read more

Agreement to short notice of a general meetingGeneral meetings of a company (in other words, members' meetings as opposed to directors' board meetings) require certain formalities to be complied with in order to be valid.  Notice requirementOne of the... Read more

Minutes of an AGMMinutes of your company's AGM should be more formal than those of your company's board meetings. InformationAll minutes must contain the following information:the name of the chairmanplace, date and time of meetingthe names of everyone... Read more

Directors' meeting to raise finance: draft minutesCompany law and good management determine the need for a directors' resolution to approve the raising of a bank loan. In practice the bank will insist on this formal documentation.AdviceEntering into ... Read more

Requisition by a shareholder for a general meetingThis is a device that members can use to force the company to hold a general meeting in order to discuss a particular resolution(s) that the members want to debate and vote on.  It can also be used t... Read more

Resignation of a director relinquishing all claimsIf a director leaves the company, whether by mutual consent or otherwise, the members of the company should, whenever possible, obtain their formal resignation.Protect the companyIf a director leaves,... Read more

Wording for resolution authorising the company to use e-communicationCompanies can provide documents and other information to shareholders electronically, as long as their articles allow or their members pass a resolution to this effect. Whichever me... Read more