40Apportionment of premium when partnership prematurely dissolved

#### 40 Apportionment of premium when partnership prematurely dissolved 40 Apportionment of premium when partnership prematurely dissolved > Where one partner has paid a premium to another on entering into a partnership for a fixed term, and the partnership is dissolved before the expiration of that term otherwise than by the death of a partner, the Court may order the repayment of the premium, or of such part as it thinks just, having regard to the terms of the partnership contract, and to the length of time during which the partnership has continued; unless— > > > (a) the dissolution is, in the judgment of the Court, wholly or chiefly due to the misconduct of the partner who paid the premium, or > > > (b) the partnership has been dissolved by an agreement containing no provision for a return of any part of the premium. > > **s 40:** Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).