The law of assignment : / Marcus Smith, BCL, MA (Oxon), Justice of the High Court (chancery division); Nico Leslie, BA (Cantab) of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister.
Introduction -- Assignment and the conflict of laws. Rights or causes of action -- Debts -- Rights under a contract -- Equity and debt securities -- Intellecutal property -- Leases -- Documentary intangibles and negotiable instruments -- Transfer of choses in action : historical overview -- Conceptual underpinnings -- Negotiation and the transfer of money -- Equitable assignment of choses in action -- Transfer of choses in action on trust -- Promises to assign or create a trust -- Assignments under Section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 -- Transfer of insurance contracts -- Transfer of leases -- The transfer of equity and debt securities -- Transfer of intellectual property -- Assignment of burdens -- Intangibles not transferable by reason of public policy -- The assignment of bare rights to litigate : champerty and maintenance -- Personal obligations -- Prohibitions on assignment -- Consequences and effects of an assignment -- Priorities and the loss of title -- Extinction of intangible property -- Vindication of an owner's rights -- Insolvency and assignment -- Involuntary transfers -- Security over intangibles -- Assignment and the conflict of laws.
Summary:
"[This book covers] the law relating to intangible property or choses in action. Its...structure covers all forms of intangible property (debts, rights under contract, securities, intellectual property, leases, rights/causes of action and equitable rights), considering the nature of intangible property, how it comes into being and how it is transferred or assigned. The first part of the book analyses the general principles regarding intangibles and their transfer, and the second examines the practical considerations relating to particular types of intangibles, securities, insurance contracts, leases and intellectual property under the law. The third edition includes new chapters on powers of attorney and factoring, areas particularly important to legal practice. Other significant developments include the expansion of the chapter on leases to include leasing of chattels, and more material on securities, especially regarding the operation of settlement systems."-- Provided by publisher.
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