21.   Nevertheless it would be usual to specify some basic entitlement in the partnership agreement.

22.   Even where there may only be two or three partners, the case for incorporating a power of expulsion in the partnership agreement is strong.

23.   It should be considered in the context of any specific understandings concluded outside the partnership agreement itself as to what targets each partner is expected to achieve.

24.   It may be appropriate to specify in the partnership agreement that the power to expel must be exercised, if at all, within a particular time.

25.   Such matters are almost incapable of being satisfactorily defined within the partnership agreement itself.

26.   Accordingly, it is usual to find in partnership agreements some reference to possible dissolution.

27.   In the best of worlds the provisions of the partnership agreement will cover all eventualities arising out of the departure of a member of the firm.

28.   The partnership agreement will normally contain provisions to restrict the ability of an outgoing partner to compete with the firm.

29.   Such is common in partnership agreements.

30.   Fife College of Technology in Kirkcaldy signed a partnership agreement with Dundee University, which it argues has far-reaching implications for Scottish higher education.