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The Court of Appeal upheld a Syers order allowing one brother to buy out the other in a dissolved farming partnership, rejecting the appeal against valuation-based relief.
Cobden v Cobden [2025] EWCA Civ 1612 (12 December 2025)
Court of Appeal upheld a Syers order allowing one partner to buy out the other after dissolution of a farming partnership, finding an equity making sale unfair.
The Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a High Court refusal of permission to appeal an arbitration award under s. 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 unless leave is granted by the High Court, which was refused in this case.
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In the absence of any express or implied agreement as to the financial terms of retirement, a retiring partner is entitled to be paid the value of her share in the partnership assets as at the date of retirement, valued at market value, and the continuing partners must account for that share. There was a technical dissolution as respects the retiring partner, and the entitlement is not limited to book value or to the terms of the partnership deed unless expressly provided.
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Cobden v Cobden [2024] EWHC 1581 (Ch) (01 July 2024)
High Court partnership dissolution dispute between brothers over a dairy farm, addressing whether a Syers order should let Matthew buy out Daniel instead of an open-market sale.
Osler v Osler & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 516 (16 May 2024)
The Court of Appeal held it had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a refusal of permission under Arbitration Act 1996 s.69, so the appeal was dismissed.
Rued v Dormer & Anor [2023] EWHC 3118 (Ch) (05 December 2023)
Partnership account judgment over a long-running property development, addressing wages, overtime, commission, private expenses, and the valuation of Plot 9 and undeveloped land.
High Court trust and partnership dispute over family land, a 1994 tenancy, and a notice to quit. The court held the notice effective but rescinded it for breach of fiduciary duty.
The court decided how to realise partnership assets after dissolution, ordering a sale of the property and company share as a unit with safeguards, then a buy-out if no sale succeeded.
Malik v Mahboob Hussain Junior & Ors [2021] EWHC 1405 (Ch) (26 May 2021)
The court decided how to wind up and account for a dissolved partnership in a family restaurant business, addressing sale versus buy-out and valuation issues.
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