LINDEN GARDENS TRUST Ltd v LENESTA SLUDGE DISPOSALS Ltd and Others ST MARTINS CORPORATION Ltd and Another v SIR ROBERT McALPINE & SONS Ltd

(1992) 57 BLR 57

Court of Appeal

Nourse, Staughton LJJ and Sir Michael Kerr

Contract - Assignment - JCT Conditions 1963 Edition, 1972 and 1975 revisions, clause 17(1) - JCT Minor Works Form, 1980 Edition, clause 3.1 - Effect of prohibition on assignment without consent of contractor - Whether assignor’s action for substantial damages for breach of contract maintainable - Measure of damages of assignor