The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 24
Court of Appeal
Dassault Aviation SA v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd
[2024] EWCA Civ 5
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Coulson, Phillips LJJ
2023 Dec 12; 2024 Jan 12
Contract— Construction— Non-assignment clause— Sale contract prohibiting assignment or transfer of any part of it by any party without other party’s consent— Buyer’s right of recovery under sale contract subsequently transferred to insurer by operation of Japanese law— Whether prohibition on transfer “by any party” applying to transfer “by operation of law”