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Contract 2019 BCSC 663

Buhecha v. Impact Imaging Ltd.

The court held a purported assignment of a loan claim did not satisfy s. 36 of the Law and Equity Act without prior written notice, but allowed amendment to pursue an equitable assignment.

  • Assignment of debt
  • Notice requirement under law and equity act s.36
  • Equitable vs legal assignment
  • Limitations period
  • Abuse of process
  • Restoration of dissolved corporation
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Bankruptcy and insolvency 2013 BCSC 1660

Pythe Navis v. Abakhan & Assoc.

The court held that a service agreement irrevocably assigned 6% of insurance proceeds to the plaintiff, so the assigned sum was not property of the bankrupt estate.

  • Assignment of choses in action
  • Equitable assignment vs security interest
  • Provable claims in bankruptcy
  • Stay of proceedings under the bia
  • Interpretation of commercial contracts
  • Rights of bankruptcy trustee
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Civil procedure 2003 FC 915

Tacan v. Canada

The Federal Court dismissed a motion to assign the plaintiffs’ claims against the Crown to a First Nation, finding maintenance concerns and a statutory bar under the Financial Administration Act.

  • Assignment of claims
  • Maintenance and champerty
  • Crown debt
  • Financial administration act s.67
  • Federal court rule 117
  • Assignment-of-claims
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Conflict of laws [1961] SCR 566

Regas Ltd. v. Plotkins

La Cour suprême du Canada rejette l’appel et confirme que l’action pouvait être maintenue en Saskatchewan, la question des parties étant procédurale et régie par le lex fori.

  • Assignment of choses in action
  • Lex fori vs lex loci/lex domicilii
  • Statutory assignment and notice
  • Standing and proper parties to sue
  • Interest on account
  • Assignment-of-choses-in-action
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Civil procedure (1891) 19 SCR 489

McKean v. Jones

Appeal in equity over an assigned insurance fund, necessary parties, and res judicata. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal and affirmed the decree below.

  • Assignment of chose in action
  • Demurrer
  • Res judicata
  • Necessary parties
  • Acceptance of order
  • Holder for value
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