LINDEN GARDENS TRUST Ltd v LENESTA SLUDGE DISPOSALS Ltd and Others ST MARTIN’S PROPERTY CORPORATION Ltd and Another v SIR ROBERT McALPINE AND SONS Ltd

(1993) 63 BLR 1

House of Lords

Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Griffiths, Lord A ckner and Lord Browne- Wilkinson

Contract - Assignment - JCT Conditions 1963 Edition, 1972 and 1975 revisions, clause 17(1) - Effect of prohibition on assignment without consent Damages - Whether assignee’s action for substantial damages for breach of contract maintainable by assignor where breach occurs after assignment and assignee pays for loss