https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/25598/tangent---employees-rights [quote user=&quot;Niall Taylor&quot;][quote user=&quot;John Davies&quot;]JVPs are both partners AND employees in their own business. The JV contract ends if, for whatever reason, the JV partner ceases to be an employee.[/quote] Sounds to me from what you say like a JVPen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/177023?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:38:54 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0a808622-30d8-4736-bede-16f6c45fd267John Davies<p>In point of fact the face value of the shareholding was &pound;60, so that is what I got back. The &pound;30k was my personal loan to the business, which I also got back - after some wrangling - but they refused to give me any interest despite terminating the JV contract against my will. (The business therefore had a &pound;30k loan from me for 6 years interest free).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/177022?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:30:07 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ab6a12b3-eb01-402f-bb93-93e8afe023b2Bob Russell<p>I have never seen a copy of a JVP contract but I would guarantee the partnership is not going to be equal!</p> <p>Quite shocking that someone with a &pound;30K share in a business could be left with a &pound;60 payout! Any partnership has an element of trust but is it a real partnership when your partner is a big business?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>