Booth -v- Viscount (En desastre)
Booth -v- Viscount (En desastre) [2016] JRC 086 (19 April 2016)
The Royal Court upheld the Viscount’s refusal to pursue or assign three litigation claims in a désastre, holding the decisions were reasonable and assignment was barred by the Code of 1771.
- Assignment of claims
- Discretion of bankruptcy officer
- Wednesbury unreasonableness
- Maintenance and champerty
- Assignment-of-claims
- D-sastre