Simpson v Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

Subject Matter

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, s 136 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1

[2012] QB 640; [2012] 2 WLR 873

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Assignment of Causes of Action: Maintenance and Champerty - Maintenance and champerty - Scope of maintenance and champerty 14.8

Bankruptcy 14.25

Assignment of Causes of Action 5.18