Broadcasting Investment Group Ltd and Others v Smith and Another: CA 18 Jun 2021

Appeal and cross-appeal concerned with the scope and effect of the rule in Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204 (‘Prudential’) as explained by the Supreme Court in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Limited [2020] 3 WLR 255, and the effect of the rule in Prudential when taken together with the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, in respect of a contract that benefits a company, but to which the company is not a party.
Lady Justice Asplin
[2021] EWCA Civ 912, [2021] WLR(D) 349
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales

Updated: 01 July 2021; Ref: scu.663398