Chose in Action in UK Law

  • Liquidator Could Not Assign Right To Appeal Tax Assessments
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... be a liability did not satisfy the traditional definition of a chose in action. The right to appeal was not a right that could be claimed by ... ...
  • Freezing Orders - PSJC Commercial Bank V Kolomoisky
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... all such assets." The WFO defined the term "assets" as including a chose in action (broadly, a right to sue another party), although it did not ... ...
  • PSJC Commercial Bank Privatbank v Kolomoisky & Ors [2018] EWHC 482 (Ch)
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... all such assets." The WFO defined the term "assets" as including a chose in action (broadly, a right to sue another party), although it did not ... ...
  • Know Your Limits: The Accrual Of A Cause Of Action In Tort
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... Critically, Gloster LJ refused to characterise Ms Berney's claim as one for "diminution of the value of her chose in action" (the chose in action being, essentially, Ms Berney's right to sue), stating that such an approach was "unreal" "on an objective analysis ... ...
  • UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Consultation On Cryptoassets, Distributed Ledger Technology And Smart Contracts
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... of whether they may be seen as a physical thing or a right (chattel, chose in action or chose in possession) or as property (whether personal or ... ...
  • Tort and Time Bars - Suing by Stop Watch
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... v McKenzie [1995] PIQR43(CA), a loss of opportunity personal injury action against a doctor. Hopkins was a very narrowly pleaded case, claiming only ... he had "already suffered damage by diminution in the value of his chose in action well before the actual striking out of the actions". He goes on ... ...
  • UK Court Grants Asset Preservation Order over Bitcoin
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    A U.K. court has granted an asset preservation order over Bitcoin stolen in a "spear phishing" attack on a major crypto-currency trader. The decision confirms that proprietary claims over Bitcoin c...
    ... ... no English law authority on whether a crypto-currency constitutes a "chose in action", i.e., intangible property over which rights can only be ... ...
  • English court grants asset preservation order over Bitcoin
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    The English High Court has granted an asset preservation order over Bitcoin finding that there was a serious issue to be tried concerning a proprietary claim. In this case, the proprietary question...
    ... ... v Whinney, “all personal things are either in possession or in action”. This means that a personal thing must be either a “chose in ... ...
  • Quelle horreur!
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... ultimately that Titan had suffered a loss the moment it acquired a chose in action worth less than the price paid for it.  The reasoning on this ... ...
  • UK Jurisdiction Taskforce consultation on cryptoassets, distributed ledger technology and smart contracts
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) recently published a consultation paper requesting submissions from stakeholders working with, or interested in, cryptoassets, distributed ledger technology (DL...
    ... ... of whether they may be seen as a physical thing or a right (chattel, chose in action or chose in possession) or as property (whether personal or ... ...
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