Alexander, at 00:52 on Wed, Jun 07 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BG>> I saw my local solicitor having a smoke outside his office 
BG>> in the Marsden Shopping Centre yesterday (his secretary is 
BG>> a non-smoker, and obviously wears the pants in his 
BG>> practice) and in general conversation, asked him about 
BG>> Alex's comments.  Didn't get an answer though, as he was 
BG>> laughing too much.  |-)

AWL> Check how much he knows about the field first, there's a 
AWL> lot of them who haven't read more than the minimum texts on 
AWL> Associations Law, and it is a field that has changed a lot 
AWL> in the last decade... Actually I'm being a bit over-the-top 
AWL> on the 1/N640th line, most likely the *Cs involved would be 
AWL> held responsible for any debts/damages... Especially if 
AWL> their action was without knowledge and (tacit) approval of 
AWL> the "membership."

AWL> An Unincorporated Association is like a partnership with a 
AWL> flux of membership... It has no separate (legal) existance, 
AWL> but can be treated as an entity as a short-hand for the 
AWL> individuals who make it up. Any suit is against those 
AWL> individuals, but the Membership List is what determines who 
AWL> is and is not a party to the action...

Do such Unincorporated Associations require a chairman(ager/ess), secretary
or treasurer?  Do they have to have an Annual general meeting?  Are they
obliged to keep minutes of any meetings?  Are they required to hold
periodic elections?
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David
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