The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2000] Ch 291
[COURT OF APPEAL]
DON KING PRODUCTIONS INC.
v.
WARREN
and Others
1998 March 4,
5,
6,
9,
10;
27
Dec. 7, 8, 9; 21
Dec. 7, 8, 9; 21
Lightman J. Morritt, Aldous and Hutchison L.JJ.
Partnership
— Dissolution
— Effect
— Boxing promoters entering into partnership agreement for promotion and management of European registered professional boxers
— Assignment to partnership of benefit of existing contracts
— Contracts expressed to be non-assignable
— Whether partnership property
— Whether assignment taking effect in equity
—
Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), s. 20
Chose in Action
— Assignment
— Contract
— Partner agreeing to assign to partnership benefit of existing contracts
— Contracts expressly incapable of assignment
— Whether purported assignment taking effect as declaration of trust