Interpreting the assignment of contracts
Nicholls, T.
Interpreting the assignment of contracts - 1992 - Chartered Surveyor Weekly 39(8) 21 May 1992, 55(1) .
Highlights the subtleties, and warns of the consequences, of interpreting ambiguous and inconsistant contract forms. Refers to two CA cases on contract assignment: "Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd" and "St Martins Corporation & St Martins Property Investments Ltd v Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd", where a distinction was made between `benefit of` and `benefit under` the contract.
ASSIGNMENT
BENEFIT OF CONTRACT
BENEFIT UNDER THE CONTRACT
Contracts
LINDENS GARDENS TRUST V LENESTA SLUDGE DISPOSALS
ST MARTINS PROPERTY CORPORATION LTD V SIR ROBERT MCALPINE AND SONS LTD
Interpreting the assignment of contracts - 1992 - Chartered Surveyor Weekly 39(8) 21 May 1992, 55(1) .
Highlights the subtleties, and warns of the consequences, of interpreting ambiguous and inconsistant contract forms. Refers to two CA cases on contract assignment: "Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd" and "St Martins Corporation & St Martins Property Investments Ltd v Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd", where a distinction was made between `benefit of` and `benefit under` the contract.
ASSIGNMENT
BENEFIT OF CONTRACT
BENEFIT UNDER THE CONTRACT
Contracts
LINDENS GARDENS TRUST V LENESTA SLUDGE DISPOSALS
ST MARTINS PROPERTY CORPORATION LTD V SIR ROBERT MCALPINE AND SONS LTD