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This document sets out the rights and responsibilities of [you || yours], the Company, and the concerned third parties.

If "the Client's rights" can be rephrased to "the rights of Client", then, I suppose, "your rights" can be rephrased to "the rights of you", but "the rights of yours" sounds greater.

So, is either variant appropriate and which should one better use?

aspermag
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    Don't use any pronouns. And consult a lawyer. – Jim Feb 11 '15 at 08:54
  • One problem is that "of you, the Company," could be interpreted as a parenthetical meaning that "you" are also known as "the Company". This is the way I read it many times. I think now what you mean is: "sets out your rights and responsibilities as well as those of the Company and the concerned third parties." But I think the reader of this document (the "you" being referred to) ought to be named by role instead: "... sets out the rights and responsibilities of the Client, the Company, and the concerned third parties." – Jim Feb 11 '15 at 09:01

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Should the sentence be: this document sets out the rights and responsibilities of you clients, the Company's, and the concerned third parties'?

Or

This document sets out your rights and responsibilities, the Company's, and the concerned third parties'.

Or

This document sets out the clients' rights and responsibilities , the Company's, and the concerned third parties'.

And of course @Jim advice to consult a lawyer is in proper order I must say.

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