Where an equitable assignee sues a third party, the assignor must be joined as a defendant. The Plaintiff as the equitable owner of a patent was given liberty to amend its pleading by joining the legal owner, (failing which the Plaintiff’s case would have been dismissed), but on terms that the Plaintiff paid the Defendant’s costs of the two days of hearing up to that point.
Warrington J
[1904] 2 Ch 86
England and Wales
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Cited – Roberts v Gill and Co Solicitors and Others SC 19-May-2010
The claimant beneficiary in the estate sought damages against solicitors who had acted for the claimant’s brother, the administrator, saying they had allowed him to take control of the assets in the estate. The will provided that property was to be . .
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Updated: 30 October 2021; Ref: scu.416012 br>