Which case discussed the following legal principle: ‘The need for a binding contract between the partners to conduct the business together is fundamental to a partnership relationship.’?

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Warner Capital Pty Ltd v Shazbot Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 121 explicitly addresses the quoted principle about the necessity for a binding contract between partners to conduct business together.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Partnership law requires more than joint action; it requires an intention to form a partnership, usually demonstrated by an agreement (express or implied) to carry on business in common and share profits. 
- Key indicia include agreement, mutual agency, profit-sharing, and joint management. Courts examine the parties’ objective intention and any binding contractual arrangements to determine whether a partnership exists.
- Statutory and common-law tests focus on the existence of a contractual relationship and willingness to assume mutual obligations.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- The question supplies a quoted legal principle about the need for a binding contract between partners. 
- Identify case law that discusses whether parties’ arrangements constitute a partnership and whether a binding agreement is required. 
- Warner Capital Pty Ltd v Shazbot Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 121 is a New South Wales Court of Appeal decision that considered whether the factual arrangements between parties gave rise to a partnership. The court emphasized the centrality of a binding contractual arrangement or clear mutual intention to conduct business together when determining partnership status.
- Because the quoted wording and principle are found in the Warner Capital judgment, that case matches the principle in the question.

3. Calculations or numeric steps
- Not applicable; this is a legal reasoning question with no numerical calculations.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- The NSW Court of Appeal in Warner Capital explicitly stated that a binding contract between partners to conduct the business together is fundamental to a partnership relationship, using that reasoning to assess whether a partnership had been formed in the facts before it.

5. Why other options are incorrect
- No other answer options were provided in the prompt. While other authorities (for example, classic cases on partnership examine intention) discuss similar concepts, the precise quoted principle is attributable to Warner Capital Pty Ltd v Shazbot Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 121.

6. Conclusion
- The correct case is Warner Capital Pty Ltd v Shazbot Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 121, which matches the provided answer.

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