New services added to our Rapidocs library
This week sees the launch of two new documents into the Rapidocs library, a ‘change of name deed for a minor’ and a ‘limited liability partnership agreement’.
A recent news article highlighted a number of pending court cases in New Zealand where children are fighting for the right to change their names having been graced with names such as Sex Fruit, Number 16 Bus Shelter, O.Crnia and Midnight Chardonnay. Despite such a bizarre trend in the UK, changing the name of a minor is still a common occurrence, for a variety of reasons. Our change of name deed for a minor makes it easy to change the name of a child, provided that you have parental responsibility for that child and any other person who also has parental responsibility gives consent to the change of name. This document is only suitable for minors (i.e. under the age of 18 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and under the age of 16 in Scotland) and British citizens. Children over the age of 16 will also need to give consent to the change of name by signing in both his/her new and old name.
A limited liability partnership has elements of both a partnership and a corporation, and is a unique entity in its synthesis of both collective and individual rights and responsibilities, while being a particularly flexible business structure. This document creates a limited liability partnership agreement (LLP) in accordance with the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 and provides a contractual framework under which the members should conduct themselves at all times. The agreement includes provisions in relation to the key elements that define an LLP such as management, finances and member regulation. In addition, the agreement offers many optional clauses such as those in relation to insurance, maternity, paternity and adoption leave. This document is suitable for small to medium sized limited liability partnerships of no more than 20 members. Please note that this can only be used for LLPs consisting of individual members, and not companies or other LLPs.
Both of these documents are now part of the Rapidocs library, and available for our customers to access.