The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 2 WLR 1061
King’s Bench Division
Dassault Aviation SA
v
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd
[2022] EWHC 3287 (Comm)
2022 Nov 28; Dec 20
Cockerill J
Contract— Construction— Non-assignment clause— Sale contract prohibiting assignment or transfer of any part of it 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