The Weekly Law Reports
[2024] 2 WLR 833
Court of Appeal
Dassault Aviation SA
v
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd
[2024] EWCA Civ 5
2023 Dec 12; 2024 Jan 12
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Coulson, Phillips LJJ
Contract— Construction— Non-assignment clause— Sale contract prohibiting assignment of any part of it “by any party” without other party’s consent— Buyer’s right of recovery under sale contract subsequently assigned to insurer by operation of Japanese law— Whether prohibition on assignment applying to assignment by operation of law