RE: [gnso-irtp-b-jun09] Charter Question (C): Change of Registrant

["Chris Chaplow" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

That is interesting.  

Joe Bloggs DBA "Bloggs Domains" can become Joe
Bloggs DBA "Bloggs and Sons Domains" - the "legal" entity and therefore
party to the .uk registration agreement remains Joe Bloggs (individual)

In the .uk reg agreement (which I am not familiar with) does  'Joe Bloggs'
go in the registrant name field and 'Bloggs Domains'  in a secondary  field
or is it common practice for a firm to be registrant in their invented
marketing name "Bloggs Domains"


In the .es and many latin law countries in Europe (I understand) they are
quite strict that you register a legal name, be it a 'persona fisica'   or a
'persona juridical'  

   



Chris Chaplow
Managing Director
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Avenida del Carmen 9
Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo
1ª Planta, Oficina 30
Estepona, 29680
Malaga, Spain
Tel: + (34) 952 897 865
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E-mail: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: www.andaluciaws.com


-----Mensaje original-----
De: owner-gnso-irtp-b-jun09@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-gnso-irtp-b-jun09@xxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Rob Golding
Enviado el: miércoles, 14 de julio de 2010 23:30
Para: gnso-irtp-b-jun09@xxxxxxxxx
Asunto: RE: [gnso-irtp-b-jun09] Charter Question (C): Change of Registrant


> In the case of a .tel or a co.uk putting in the company changes the
> options on whois etc., significantly
> For a co.uk you'd need to go through their change of registrant process
> to switch it back

It's important to recognise the difference between *company* and *business*
- in UK terms a "company" can only be called so if it I registered with
Companies House, which makes it a legal entity in it's own right 
- so changing a registrant from Joe-Bloggs to Joe-Bloggs-Ltd or
Joe-Bloggs-Ltd to Joe-Blggs-Plc requires a change-of-registrant process

However a firm, sole-trader, partnership, etc are not legal entities in UK
law, and Nominet on .uk domains allow you to alternate between them as it's
not a change of registrar - Joe Bloggs DBA "Bloggs Domains" can become Joe
Bloggs DBA "Bloggs and Sons Domains" - the "legal" entity and therefore
party to the .uk registration agreement remains Joe Bloggs (individual)

Rob