Practice question
Another partner has relevant knowledge that reasonably could and should have been communicated to the acting partner. No fraud exception applies. The firm says only the actor’s actual personal knowledge may ever count. Which is best?
- The other partner’s knowledge is always forbidden evidence
- Only the partnership’s logo can receive information
- Every uncommunicated fact is automatically irrelevant regardless of the statute
- The firm can choose ignorance conclusively
- Article 1821 expressly includes the stated other-partner knowledge
Legal references
- Civil Code, RA 386: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360; Articles 1820-1821.
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