Part of a chose in action is not capable of being validly separately assigned in order to stop a court action.
Citations:
Times 10-Oct-1996
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society and Others CA 1-Nov-1996
Public policy rendered an assignment of a remedy void, where the assignment was an attempt to split it from another remedy. For the purpose of construing a contract the law excludes from the admissible factual background the previous negotiations of . .
At First Instance – Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society HL 19-Jun-1997
Account taken of circumstances wihout ambiguity
The respondent gave advice on home income plans. The individual claimants had assigned their initial claims to the scheme, but later sought also to have their mortgages in favour of the respondent set aside.
Held: Investors having once . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Financial Services, Contract
Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.82415
