The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2012] QB 640
Court of Appeal
Simpson
v
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
[2011] EWCA Civ 1149
2011 March 23;
Oct 12
Maurice Kay, Moore-Bick LJJ, Dame Janet Smith
Maintenance of suit— Champerty— Assignment of cause of action— Assignor bringing claim for damages for personal injury against hospital in respect of hospital-acquired infection— Assignor purporting to assign claim to claimant for £1— Whether claim capable of assignment— Claimant seeking to pursue campaign against hospital regarding hospital-acquired infections— Whether claimant having sufficient interest in claim for assignment to be valid— Whether assignment champertous— Whether void— Whether unlawful interference with Convention right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions—
Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 20), s 136[1]
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt II, art 1[2]