<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">A California unincorporated association does not have all the characteristics of a "body corporate" -- it really only has the two you mention: limited liability and legal personality, pursuant to the California Corporations Code (which also sets out the law on partnerships, so it's not just about corporations). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There are a number of ways in which a California UA differs from a corporation: it doesn't need to reserve a name or file incorporation papers or go through any process with the state to come into existence (it can simply "register," but that is not a requirement), it doesn't need formal articles of incorporation or bylaws, it has more limited recordkeeping and reporting requirements, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Nigel Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Clearly so.<br>
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But I'm failing to see what the distinction is between a corporation, and an unincorporated body having all the characteristics of a body corporate (i.e. limited liability and separate legal personality).<br>
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But this is perhaps a debate for off-list.<span class=""><br>
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On 07/20/2015 04:54 PM, Burr, Becky wrote:<br>
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Nigel, US law on unincorporated bodies is very different from UK law.<br>
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On 7/17/15, 3:11 PM, "Nigel Roberts" <<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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OK.. this is interesting.<br>
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It has the limited liability you previously talked about, agreed. I've<br>
read the section.<br>
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But if it has legal personality, it is then a body corporate, and is no<br>
longer "unincorporated", surely?<br>
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I'd like you, please, to point me to the section in the statute that<br>
states these kind of associations have legal personality, and construe<br>
it for me, please, since I'm obvious being dim. (It's quite possible we<br>
have different understandings of the term "legal personality" here.)<br>
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On 17/07/15 14:06, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
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Nigel,<br>
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Disagree in part. A California UA does have legal personality and does<br>
have limited liability.<br>
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Nigel Roberts <<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
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Well, I've looked at the sections of California Law that we have<br>
been referred to.<br>
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I see nothin in the California law that contradicts what I wrote<br>
below, with the single exception that, as previously noted,<br>
California statute adds the gloss of a limited version of limited<br>
liability to the common-law concept of unincorporated associations.<br>
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Do you not agree that the reality is that a California UA does NOT<br>
have legal personality but DOES have a form of limited liability<br>
granted by statute?<br>
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