Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Ronan Murphy:
Maybe, Senator, I might just answer that. The historical background is that as partners in the firm you're signing the firm's name so you are committing the firm, so therefore, it is being signed on behalf of all of the partners in the firm. The practice nowadays is that partners do sign in their own name but John can give you more details in terms of when that came into play but it is ... it has been always the practice in the past that you are committing the firm and the firm is standing behind the opinion.
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