Sivasami v. Vinayagamoorthy – sllr 1997 volume 2 page 285

The case between SIVASAMI (Plaintiff/Appellant) and VINAYAGAMOORTHY (Defendant/Respondent) concerned the maintainability of an action for dissolution of a “partnership at will” after the expiry of a fixed-term partnership agreement (Agreement No. 210), where the capital contribution was not expressly stated in writing in the original agreement. It was held that, due to the absence of an express record of partnership capital in Agreement No. 210 as required by the statutory framework—including the Partnership Ordinance and the Prevention of Frauds Ordinance—the plaintiff’s action for dissolution could not be sustained. The case reaffirmed that a partnership agreement governed by these statutes must expressly record capital contribution when it exceeds certain statutory thresholds. The appea