Case Law

Can business partnership be inferred? Married couples as case study.

Introduction According to Black’s Law Dictionary, partnership is a voluntary association of two or more persons who jointly own and carry on a business for profit. In the case of Ezejesi v. Ezejesi (2008) LPELR-4476(CA), the Court of Appeal handed down the following principle: “Partnership may be established by parol evidence but not necessarily firmly […]