Business & Corporate — Philippine Legal Questions Answered

A partner wrongfully dissolved the partnership in breach of the agreement, can the rest of us claim damages from him?
A partner made a secret profit from a partnership transaction. Does he have to account for it to the partnership?
A partner personally owes me money under a court judgment. Can I go after his interest in the partnership?
A partner refuses to put in more capital to save the failing business, what happens to him?
A partner retired but the business continued without settling accounts, how is he paid out for his interest?
A partner conveyed partnership land without authority, can the partnership recover the property?
A partner received a client's money within his apparent authority and misapplied it. Is the partnership liable?
A negotiable warehouse receipt was stolen and then negotiated to someone who paid value in good faith. Does that person get good title?
Armed men hijacked the cargo truck carrying my goods during a civil disturbance. Is the carrier excused from liability?
After a partner dies, are the remaining partners liable among themselves for a deal another partner made without knowing of the death?
After the partnership is dissolved, can a partner still bind it to brand-new transactions?
After our partnership dissolves, who has the right to wind up its affairs?
If an agent signs a deal beyond what they were authorized to do, is the principal still bound by it?
Can an agent buy the property they were hired to sell for their own benefit?
The agent signed the contract in his own name — can I still sue the principal behind him?
The carrier and I agreed on a maximum liability amount. If my goods are lost, does that agreement shift the burden of proving negligence onto me?
The carrier refused to carry my goods unless I agreed to limit its liability. Can I later challenge that limitation?
Am I entitled to demand true and full information about the business from my partners?
As a limited partner, am I protected from being personally bound by the partnership's obligations?
Are all the partners personally and solidarily liable for a wrongful act committed by one partner in the business?
I am only an industrial partner — am I personally liable for the partnership's contracts made in its name if its assets are not enough to pay?
In liquidation, is a loan a partner made to the partnership paid ahead of the return of his capital contribution?
Are individual partners personally liable for the debts of the partnership?
In liquidating a partnership, are the partners repaid their capital before they are paid their share of the profits?
As a limited partner, when can I withdraw and get my contribution back?
I bought a partner's entire interest in the partnership — does that give me the right to take part in managing the business or to inspect the books?
A partner assigned his whole interest to me and management has been committing fraud — can I avail myself of any remedies even though I am only an assignee?
My co-partner conveyed his whole interest to a third person without our consent — what exactly is the assignee entitled to receive from the partnership?
A bill of lading or document of title was marked 'not negotiable' — can the holder still negotiate it to another person?
Is a bus company liable when its own driver injures a passenger while violating company orders?
Can a business be shut down for promoting or facilitating child prostitution or abuse?
Can a carrier blame a strike or riot for failing to deliver my goods?
Can a carrier limit its liability for a delay caused by a strike or riot?
Can a shipping company put a cap in the contract on what it pays for lost goods?
Can a corporation own property and bring lawsuits like a natural person?
Can a court dissolve the partnership because a partner's conduct is prejudicially affecting the business?
Can a court dissolve the partnership if the business can only be carried on at a loss?
Can a court dissolve the partnership if a partner has become incapable of performing his part of the contract?
Can a creditor seize goods that are covered by a negotiable warehouse receipt?
Can a general partner do an act that makes it impossible to carry on the limited partnership's ordinary business without the limited partners' consent?
Can a general partner possess or assign partnership property for something other than a partnership purpose without the limited partners' consent?
Can a limited partner have the partnership dissolved and wound up by court decree?
Can a limited partner be made a party to a lawsuit by or against the partnership?
Can a limited partner have the partnership dissolved and wound up when he rightfully demands his contribution back but is refused?
A limited partner already got his contribution back, can he still be liable to the partnership's creditors?
Can a limited partner's liability to the partnership be waived, and whose consent does that require?
Can a limited partnership admit additional limited partners after it has already been formed?
If a non-partner allows his name to be included in the firm name, can he be held liable as a partner?
Can a partnership agreement legally cut one partner out of all profits?
Can a partner bring in his own associate to share his stake without the other partners agreeing?
Can a partnership acquire and own real property in its own name?
Can a personal creditor of a limited partner reach his interest in the partnership?
Can a power of attorney be revoked if it was given as the means of fulfilling an obligation?
Instead of interest, can a retired or deceased partner's estate choose the profits earned from the use of his interest in the continuing business?
Can a shipping line escape liability for lost cargo by blaming a typhoon or flood?
Can a travel agency or recruitment agency be held liable for promoting child sex tours?
Can someone become my legal agent without any written appointment, just from my silence or inaction?
Can an industrial partner be forced to contribute additional capital when the partnership is facing imminent loss?
Can a partner who only contributes labor also run a competing business on the side?
If a partner dies, can the deceased partner's heirs demand full information about the partnership's business from the surviving partners?
Can a creditor attach or levy on goods that are in a bailee's custody and covered by a negotiable document of title?
Can I ask a court to dissolve the partnership because a partner has been declared insane or is of unsound mind?
Can a partner ask the court to wind up the partnership instead of leaving it to the other partners?
Can I get out of a deal by claiming my agent did not know something that I myself knew?
If I was defrauded into joining a partnership, can I be indemnified against its debts and liabilities?
Can I be held liable for a false statement in the limited partnership certificate I signed?
Can I become someone's agent merely by not replying to a power of attorney sent to me by letter?
Can I contribute my services as a limited partner instead of cash or property?
Can I demand to see the power of attorney before dealing with someone's representative?
Can I recover money I paid out of my own pocket for the partnership, plus interest?
Can I revoke a power of attorney I gave someone at any time?
Can I sue a competitor who uses force, intimidation or deceit against my business?
Can I use specific partnership property for my own personal purposes?
Can our managing partner act on the business even if the other partners object?
Can my agent do things I did not spell out if they are conducive to accomplishing the job I gave him?
Can my agent keep a rebate or extra payment he received from the other side of the deal?
Can my agent simply quit in the middle of the job, and is he liable for the damage that causes?
Can my attorney-in-fact lease out my property for more than one year without a special power?
Can my attorney-in-fact pass the job on to a substitute, and who answers if the substitute messes up?
Can my family reach my rights in specific partnership property to enforce a claim for legal support against me?
Can my partner bring an outsider in to share his part of the partnership without the consent of the other partners?
Can a creditor who won a judgment against me personally get a court order charging my share of the partnership profits?
Can my personal creditor attach specific partnership property to satisfy a debt I owe him personally?
The remaining partners kept the business going after one left, can the old partnership's creditors still collect from the continuing business?
We have two managing partners with no divided duties, can one of them act without the other's agreement?
Can one partner sign a contract that legally binds the whole partnership?
Can one partner make an important alteration to the partnership's real property without the others' consent?
Can something one partner admits about partnership affairs be used as evidence against the whole partnership?
Can one person be both a general partner and a limited partner in the same partnership?
Can our partnership agreement shield a partner from liability to outside creditors?
Can our partnership itself own land, or must the title be held in a partner's name?
Can our partnership use a firm name with no partner's name in it, and what if an outsider's name appears in it?
Can the partners agree to postpone or waive the right to an accounting of each partner's interest that normally arises at the date of dissolution?
Can two people who are legally prohibited from giving each other donations form a universal partnership?
Can some limited partners be given priority over the others for the return of their contributions?
Can spouses, or others barred from donating to each other, form a universal partnership together?
Can the carrier and I agree in advance on a fixed sum it will pay if my goods are lost?
Can a general partner confess a judgment against the limited partnership without the limited partners' consent?
Can the other partners redeem or buy back a partner's interest that a creditor has charged by court order?
Can the general partners keep the limited partnership's business going after a general partner dies without the limited partners' consent?
Can we let a third person decide each partner's share of the profits and losses, and can I challenge that decision?
Can we entrust one of the partners with deciding how profits and losses are divided?
Can we revoke the authority of a managing partner who was appointed in the articles of partnership without giving any just or lawful cause?
A capitalist partner set up his own side business doing the exact same work as our partnership without telling us — what are the consequences?
Our industrial partner secretly ran his own business while managing ours. Can the capitalist partners expel him from the firm?
My shipment was lost in transit to another country. Does Philippine law or the law of the destination country govern the carrier's liability?
Can a carrier refuse to pay for a damaged shipment by blaming my packaging?
My goods were temporarily offloaded at a port in transit and were then lost. Is the carrier still responsible?
The carrier was already overdue in transporting my goods when a storm struck and destroyed them. Can the carrier hide behind the storm?
The Bureau of Customs destroyed my shipment on the carrier's ship by lawful order. Is the carrier responsible to me for that loss?
What exact standard of care must a common carrier observe for the safety of its passengers?
My bus ticket and a sign at the terminal both disclaim all liability for injury. Are those disclaimers valid?
I transported goods for a client who has not paid the freight — do I have a preferred claim on those goods while they are in my possession or for thirty days after delivery?
My shipment was lost and the carrier cannot point to any of the specific exempting causes. Is there a presumption against the carrier?
My cargo arrived at the port but no one picked it up for days. Is the carrier still responsible for it while it waits for the consignee?
Does a carrier still get the benefit of its liability cap if it delayed the shipment or changed the route?
If a court grants a creditor a charging order against my interest as a limited partner, do I lose my right to claim property as exempt from execution under other laws?
The Civil Code does not cover a specific issue about a common carrier's obligation. What other laws fill the gap?
Does the Civil Code's list of one-year to ten-year filing deadlines override a different deadline set by the Code of Commerce for a business claim?
I am a commission agent and the goods I received were already damaged when they arrived — must I make a written statement of the damage to avoid being held responsible for it?
I am a commission agent and agreed to receive a del credere or guarantee commission in addition to my ordinary fee — what additional obligation does that create for me?
I authorised my agent to sell on credit — is he required to tell me the names of the buyers, and what happens if he does not?
My agent sold my goods on credit without my permission — can I demand that he pay me in cash as if the sale had been made for cash?
What standard of care is a common carrier required to observe over the goods entrusted to it?
What makes a transporter a common carrier, and does it matter if they only serve a few regular clients?
We agreed to deliver shares at a fixed price knowing we would just settle the difference in cash - is that contract enforceable?
Can a corporation settle a lawsuit without the board of directors formally authorising it?
I caused a loss to our partnership by mistake but also brought in extraordinary profits through other efforts. Can the court reduce the amount I owe for the loss?
What happens to a partnership when one of the partners dies?
My goods were damaged during transport. The carrier says the damage was caused by my own defective packing. If true, is the carrier excused?
I am a del credere commission agent — when must I pay my principal the proceeds of a credit sale I made on his behalf?
Can a warehouse mix my grain with grain of the same kind belonging to other clients?
What exactly does 'dissolution' mean in partnership law, and is the partnership immediately over the moment it dissolves?
Our partnership dissolved for a reason that had nothing to do with any partner's act, death, or insolvency — is a partner's authority to bind the firm cut off immediately as between the partners?
After a fixed-term partnership continues informally past its end date without a fresh agreement, does the at-will right to dissolve kick in automatically for every partner, even one who couldn't have quit early during the original term?
Do all partners have to contribute the same amount of capital to the partnership?
Do the cargo rules or the hotel-keeper rules apply to my checked baggage versus the bag I keep with me on a bus?
As a partner, do I have a right to participate in managing the partnership?
If my cargo is lost or damaged, do I have to prove the carrier was negligent?
In a universal partnership of profits, do I keep ownership of the property I already owned before joining?
Do outside creditors have to be paid before the partners recover their capital when the partnership is wound up?
If a partnership owes money, do its creditors get paid before a partner's own personal creditors?
Does a drug testing center need to be licensed and accredited by the DOH before it can operate?
Does a general power of attorney let my representative sell or mortgage my property?
If a limited partner was wrongfully returned property he contributed, does he hold it in trust for the partnership?
A limited partner contributed property, not money, is he entitled to that same property back or only its cash value?
Does the certificate forming a limited partnership have to be signed and sworn to?
Does a limited partnership dissolve if a general partner dies, retires, or becomes insolvent?
Does the name of a limited partnership have to include the word 'Limited'?
Does granting a new special power of attorney to someone else cancel my existing agent's general power for that matter?
Does marking a document of title 'not negotiable' actually change anything?
Does a partnership end the moment it is dissolved, or does it continue for some purpose?
Does a business partnership need to be in writing to be legally valid?
Does the partnership stop existing the moment it is dissolved?
Does an association whose articles are kept secret among its members have juridical personality?
Does an agent's authority to act automatically end when the principal dies?
Does dissolving a partnership require a court order, or can one partner's withdrawal or death trigger it automatically?
The partnership was dissolved — does that immediately terminate every partner's authority to act for the partnership?
Does dissolving the partnership wipe out a partner's existing liabilities to creditors?
Does dissolving the partnership by itself discharge a partner's existing liability to creditors?
If we form a universal partnership of all present property, does everything I currently own go into the common fund?
Does it matter that the carrier had no competitor on the route when judging whether its liability limit is fair?
Does my partnership have to register with the SEC, and what happens if we do not?
Does a partnership with capital of P3,000 or more have to be registered with the SEC?
Where is a corporation or other juridical person considered domiciled when its charter does not specify a place?
Can a person be both a general partner and a limited partner in the same partnership at the same time, and what special rights does that give him regarding his contribution?
My father died while still a limited partner — is his estate personally liable for the obligations he had as a limited partner?
Even if I agreed to limit the carrier's liability, is it still presumed negligent when my goods are lost?
My father was a limited partner when he died — what rights and powers does his executor have in the limited partnership for purposes of settling his estate?
A general partner in our limited partnership has retired — does the limited partnership automatically dissolve?
A negotiable document of title has been issued for the goods and a third party acquired it in good faith for value — can my unpaid seller's lien still override that person's rights?
Is the goodwill of a business considered property that can be sold or transferred to another person?
The carrier is carrying me without charge. If I am injured through its gross negligence, can it rely on a clause limiting its liability?
Can a carrier limit its liability for negligence when a passenger is being carried for free?
Can I be held liable for a partnership debt just for letting people believe I was a partner?
How are profits and losses divided among partners if the partnership agreement never specified it?
My debtor's goods are tied up in a negotiable document of title I cannot levy on. How can I reach them?
How do you form a limited partnership, and what must the certificate state?
How is the value of goods that a partner contributes to the partnership determined?
How long does a carrier stay responsible for goods sitting in its warehouse?
I appointed two agents together. Is each of them liable for the other's failure?
I collected my share of a debt owed to the partnership and now the debtor has become insolvent, do I have to bring what I received back to the partnership?
I collected my share of a partnership credit before the others did, and the debtor went bankrupt. Must I bring what I received into the partnership?
Am I liable to a third party if I let someone act as though he had full authority to represent me?
I publicly announced someone as my representative and later withdrew it privately — am I still bound?
I revoked my general agent's authority but never announced it. Am I bound to outsiders who dealt with him in good faith?
I put money into a business believing I was a limited partner, but the certificate was defective. Am I now fully liable as a general partner?
I was defrauded into joining a partnership. If I rescind, what am I entitled to recover?
If a passenger is killed in a bus or ferry accident, how are the damages measured?
If a specific thing I contributed to the partnership is destroyed, who bears the loss?
If I give notice to one partner, does that count as notice to the whole partnership?
I paid partnership debts after being defrauded into joining, can I stand in the place of the creditors I paid?
If someone hands me a power of attorney in person and I take it without objection, have I accepted the agency?
If I am expelled from the partnership under the terms of our agreement, what am I entitled to receive?
If my agents agreed to be solidarily liable, is each answerable for the other's fault or negligence?
If notice of a matter was given to one partner, is the entire partnership considered notified?
If our partnership agreement does not say how much each partner puts in, how much must each contribute?
If we agree to pool everything we own into a partnership, what exactly goes into the common fund?
I am retiring from the partnership but the others will keep running the business. What am I owed for my interest?
In a universal partnership of profits, does the property I already own become partnership property or does it stay mine?
In what order are the debts paid when a partnership is liquidated after dissolution?
If the partnership owns land, in whose name must the title be conveyed when it is sold?
I was just admitted as a new partner into an existing partnership — can the old creditors reach my personal assets for debts the partnership incurred before I joined?
Our partnership agreement says nothing about whether the industrial partner can run his own business. Does that silence permit him to do so?
Our partnership suffered heavy losses this year. As the industrial partner who contributed only services, must I share in those losses?
Our partnership agreement fixes the capitalist partners' shares of profit but says nothing about the industrial partner's share. How is his share determined?
Is a carrier liable if I am injured on board by another passenger or a stranger?
If I am injured in a bus or ferry accident, do I have to prove the operator was negligent?
I bought partnership land from a partner who had no authority to sell it, but I paid a fair price without knowing about the lack of authority — can the partnership still take the property back from me?
We are contributing land to a partnership. Besides a public instrument, what else does the law require to avoid the partnership being void?
Is a carrier liable for baggage I checked in that goes missing?
Is a commission agent liable for goods that arrive damaged?
Is a company officer personally liable when the corporation violates the child protection law?
Is a deceased partner's individual property liable for partnership obligations incurred while he was a partner?
Is a 'goods carried at owner's risk' clause in a shipping contract enforceable?
Is a limited partnership validly formed if there was only substantial compliance in good faith with the certificate requirements?
Is a stipulation that a partner will not be liable to partnership creditors valid?
Is our partnership still liable to third persons even though we never registered it with the SEC?
Is copyright or patent protection covered by the Civil Code, or does a separate law apply?
Is my claim for lost cargo limited to the value written on the bill of lading?
Does a van or truck operator hauling goods for a fee count as a common carrier under Philippine law?
Does the carrier stay fully liable for my goods while they sit in its warehouse waiting for me to pick them up?
Is the partnership liable for an obligation I contracted in good faith in the interest of the business?
Can I contribute my personal services as capital in a limited partnership in place of cash or property?
I discovered that the limited partnership certificate contained a false statement but I did not amend or cancel it before someone relied on it — can I be held liable for that?
Can a limited partner be joined as a party to a lawsuit brought by or against the partnership, and is there any exception?
I signed the limited partnership certificate knowing one of its statements was false and a person later suffered a loss relying on it — can they hold me liable?
My surname appears in our limited partnership's name even though I am only a limited partner — am I automatically liable to creditors as a general partner?
As a limited partner I exercised my normal rights but also started actively controlling business decisions — does that make me personally liable as a general partner?
What happens if a limited partner's surname appears in the partnership's firm name?
One of our general partners died — can the limited partnership keep going with the surviving general partners if all members consent?
Our partnership agreement sets each partner's share of profits. Does the same ratio apply to losses if the agreement is silent on losses?
Our managing partner was named in the articles of partnership — can the other partners block him from acting if he is doing something in bad faith?
Our managing partner was appointed after we had already formed the partnership — can the partners remove him at any time without needing a particular reason?
A managing partner collected money owed to him personally from someone who also owes the partnership, how is that payment applied?
I am a managing partner and I collected a sum owed both to me personally and to the firm, but only issued a receipt for my personal credit. How is the amount applied?
Must a passenger also take care to avoid injuring himself while riding a bus or ferry?
Must my agent advance his own money for the job if he agreed to, even when I have become insolvent?
If partnership assets are not enough to pay its debts on liquidation, must the partners contribute to cover the shortfall?
Must the partnership's debts to creditors be paid before a limited partner's contribution can be returned to him?
My agent has a special power to compromise. Can he also submit the matter to arbitration?
My agent departed from my instructions but got me a better result. Did he exceed his authority?
My agent exceeded his authority and the third person's contract was rejected. Who compensates that third person?
My agent sold my goods on credit without asking me. What can I do?
My agent used my money for his own purposes. Does he owe me interest, and from when?
My agent was authorized to lend out my money. Can he borrow it for himself?
My agent appointed a substitute who caused problems. Can I sue the substitute directly?
My commission agent handles identical goods belonging to several owners. Must he keep mine distinguished from the rest?
My commission agent sold my goods on credit with my authority. What must he report to me?
My partner willfully and persistently breaches our agreement, can I have a court dissolve the partnership?
My partner sold his interest in the partnership — can the buyer now take part in managing it?
My goods were lost when the ship carrying them sank in a typhoon. Is the shipping company liable?
Can I pledge shares of stock or a bill of lading as security for a loan?
Is a newly admitted partner liable for debts the partnership incurred before they joined?
The carrier is the only one serving the route and imposed a low liability cap. Does its monopoly status affect whether that cap is valid?
No one was designated as manager in our partnership, can any partner's act bind the firm?
The limited partnership certificate is silent about any priority among the limited partners — on what basis do we all share when contributions are returned?
Is the 'not liable for injuries' notice printed on a bus or ferry ticket binding on passengers?
When a new partner joined and the partnership's business continued without winding up, can the old creditors of the dissolved partnership collect from the continuing business?
Our limited partnership predates the Civil Code and we have never gone through the conversion process under Article 1844 — does staying unconverted put its legal validity at risk?
On what grounds can I ask a court to decree the dissolution of my partnership?
Our agreement says none of the managing partners may act without the others' consent. Can one act alone in an emergency?
Our agreement says the managing partners must act unanimously, can one act while another is absent?
Our partnership agreement says one partner shares in no losses at all — is that stipulation valid?
Our fixed-term partnership expired but we kept operating without a new agreement. Are we still partners?
Our group keeps its arrangement secret and each member deals in his own name. Are we a real partnership with juridical personality?
Our partnership has several managing partners with no defined duties. Can each of them act alone?
A partner did something that was clearly outside the ordinary way of carrying on our partnership business — is the partnership bound by what he did?
A partner made a statement about partnership affairs but it was outside the scope of his authority — can that statement be used as evidence against the partnership?
Can a partner run a competing side business in the same line as the partnership?
Partnership land was titled in the partnership's name but a partner sold it in his own name — what interest, if any, actually passed to the buyer?
A partner secretly earned a profit from a transaction connected with the partnership business using partnership property without our consent — does he have to hand that profit over to the partnership?
My co-partners have locked me out of the business and denied me access to partnership property — can I demand a formal accounting even though the partnership has not been dissolved?
A partner voluntarily dissolved our partnership and then, knowing about the dissolution, continued to contract in the firm's name — is he personally liable to his co-partners for the consequences?
My negligence caused a loss to our partnership. Can I set that off against the profits I earned for the firm in other deals?
I was supposed to contribute my car to the partnership on a set date but delayed. Am I liable for the fruits of that car from the date it was due?
One of our partners died and another partner, not knowing about the death, made a new deal on behalf of the partnership — is that partner personally liable to his co-partners for obligations arising from that deal?
What happens if my business partner never puts in the capital he promised?
I promised to contribute a specific piece of land to our partnership. Do I also warrant the partnership against eviction from that land?
Can a partner demand to see the partnership's financial books if the managing partner refuses to show them?
What can the other partners do if one partner used partnership funds for personal expenses?
Can a partner just walk away from a partnership whenever they want?
I promised to contribute money to our partnership and failed to do so. Do I owe interest and damages from the date I should have paid?
A partner took money from the partnership's cash and used it for himself without authorization. From when does he owe interest?
A partner had no actual authority to make a particular deal and the other party knew it — is the partnership still bound?
Where must our partnership keep its books of account, and can any individual partner access and copy those books?
Someone publicly represented me as his partner with my knowledge and I never corrected it — can creditors who relied on that hold me personally liable?
My personal creditors want to take my share of the partnership property to satisfy a judgment against me — can they do that before the partnership's own debts are paid?
Two people are contributing money together with the plan to share profits. Are they automatically partners even without a formal contract?
What is the difference between a universal partnership and a particular partnership?
Can two lawyers or two doctors form a partnership under Philippine law to practice their profession together?
What is the difference between a general partnership and a limited partnership as regards the liability of the partners?
A client left money with our partnership in the course of business and one of our partners took it for himself while it was still held by the firm — does the partnership owe the client that money back?
We formed a partnership for a purpose that turns out to be illegal. What happens to the partnership?
Our partnership has no written contract. Is it still valid?
Is a partnership void if a partner contributed land but no inventory of it was attached?
We want to contribute real property to our partnership. Must the partnership agreement be in a public instrument?
I was partly at fault when I was injured in a bus accident. Does my contributory negligence bar me from recovering damages?
I contributed to a business thinking I had become a limited partner, but the papers were never properly filed — if I promptly renounce my profits on learning the mistake, am I still treated as a general partner?
I have a judgment against a partner personally — can I attach and sell his interest in partnership assets to collect, even though partnership creditors exist?
Our limited partnership was formed under the old law before the Civil Code took effect — can it become a limited partnership under the new Civil Code rules, and what must we do?
Can the Public Service Commission cancel a bus company's franchise for repeatedly failing to observe its duty of extraordinary diligence?
Is a broker entitled to a commission if the sale they arranged eventually falls through?
I bought a discounted bus ticket. Does the carrier's lower fare justify limiting its liability if I am injured?
Several of us granted one agent a power of attorney for a common transaction. Can I revoke it on my own?
If I share profits with someone, does that automatically make us business partners?
I partly caused the damage to my own goods by poor labeling, but the carrier was also negligent. Can I still claim damages?
I signed as a surety on a company loan - can the creditor collect from me right away without first going after the borrower?
Does a limited partner lose their limited liability protection if they start taking part in managing the business?
Our limited partnership agreement gives certain limited partners priority over the others for return of contributions — is that valid and what must be done for it to be effective?
Someone forwarded me goods to handle but I declined the agency. Do I still have to look after them?
My goods were lost because the ship's hold was defective. The carrier claims the contract releases it from liability for that. Is that clause enforceable?
The shipping contract says the carrier is not responsible for the acts or omissions of its employees. Is that valid?
The carrier's waybill says goods are transported at the owner's risk. Is that clause binding?
Can I be sued by my own partnership for not delivering the capital I promised to contribute?
The partnership is facing imminent loss and I do not want to add more money. Can I be forced to contribute?
Our partner collected a third person's property while acting within his apparent authority and then misappropriated it — must the partnership make the third person whole even if the partnership itself never benefited?
Does the Civil Code itself govern trade-marks and trade-names, or are they controlled by a separate law?
Is a trade-mark owned by the person who registered it even before they start using it commercially?
Two managing partners disagree on a business decision, whose choice prevails?
What are the two kinds of universal partnership under the Civil Code?
After a court dissolved our partnership for having an unlawful purpose, do the profits go to us or to the State?
I run a warehousing business - can I charge my clients for keeping their goods even without a written fee agreement?
We formed a universal partnership but never specified which kind. What do we have?
We never agreed on who manages the partnership. Who has authority to run it?
We split the profits of a business but never signed anything — does that make us legal partners?
What are the only causes that excuse a common carrier from liability for lost or damaged goods?
What can a general partner not do without the written consent of all the limited partners?
What standard of care does the law require of a bus company or shipping line?
What do I actually own as a partner, the firm's specific assets or just a share of the profits and surplus?
What do I still owe the partnership as a limited partner if I never fully paid in my promised contribution?
What does a negotiable document of title actually do for the holder?
What exactly does a partner's interest in the partnership consist of?
What happens to a limited partner's interest when he dies?
What happens to the profits of a partnership formed for an unlawful purpose?
What is a guarantee or del credere commission, and what does the agent take on?
What is a limited partner, and am I liable for the partnership's obligations?
When a partnership is dissolved without breaking the agreement, what is each partner entitled to receive?
What is the off-limits sign the DSWD posts on establishments involved in child abuse?
If we agree to a universal partnership but never specify which kind, what kind is it by default?
What kinds of entities count as juridical persons under the Civil Code?
What legally causes a business partnership to dissolve?
What legally makes two people who work together in business partners?
What must my agent do when I gave no specific instruction for a situation that came up?
What information must the certificate contain in order to form a limited partnership?
When a partnership is liquidated, in what order are its liabilities paid?
What rights do I have as a limited partner to inspect the books and get information about the partnership?
What rights does a holder of a document of title get by due negotiation?
What title and rights does a person acquire when a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated to him?
What vote among the partners is required to revoke the authority of a partner who was appointed manager in the articles of partnership?
What is the difference between a general agency and a special agency?
Under what circumstances can a limited partner rightfully demand the return of his contribution?
When may a limited partner receive his share of the profits or compensation by way of income?
When can a limited partner take out his share of the profits from the partnership?
When can I demand a formal accounting of the partnership's affairs?
When can I refuse to reimburse the expenses my agent incurred?
Partnership creditors want to collect from the partners personally — must the partnership's own assets be exhausted first before they can do that?
When does a carrier's responsibility for my shipment begin and when does it end?
When does a partnership legally begin, from the signing of the contract or from when we start operating?
When does my right to an accounting of my partnership interest accrue?
When is a stipulation limiting a common carrier's liability for lost goods actually valid?
When is the certificate of a limited partnership cancelled?
When does an agent become personally liable to the person he contracted with?
When must the certificate of a limited partnership be amended?
When must a limited partnership's certificate be cancelled or amended?
When our partnership dissolves without anyone breaching the agreement, how is the property applied and the surplus distributed?
Which country's law governs the carrier's liability if my goods are shipped to another country?
What law governs a private corporation in the Philippines, and what governs a partnership?
Who bears the risk of loss for property that was contributed and appraised in the partnership inventory?
If goods a partner contributed lose value after they are brought into the partnership, who bears that loss?
Who bears the risk of loss for fungible goods a partner contributed to the partnership to be sold?
Can a limited partner's charged interest be redeemed using partnership property, or only with a general partner's separate property?

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