Fitzroy v Cave

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1905
Year1905
CourtCourt of Appeal
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25 cases
  • Camdex International Ltd v Bank of Zambia
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • April 3, 1996
    ...of form [an absolute] assignment, and I think that beyond all doubt it passes the legal right to these debts to the assignee." 24 In Fitzroy v Cave [1905] 2 KB 364, the defendant was indebted to five tradesmen in Ireland in various sums amounting in all to £90 11s 5p in respect of goods sol......
  • Bank of Commerce v Mahajaya Property Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • January 1, 1997
  • Russell John Carman v v (1) the Cronos group SA (2) Cronos Containers NV (3) Cronos Containers (Cayman) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • June 12, 2006
    ...also establish that the title of the assignee cannot be impeached even if the enforcement of the debt was motivated by malice. So in Fitzroy v. Cave [1905] 2KB, 364, the Court of Appeal upheld the validity of an assignment of debt even though it had been taken for the malicious purpose of b......
  • Martell v Consett Iron Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • February 3, 1955
    ..."And in the 65 years which have elapsed since Findon v. Parker this principle has been carried even further. I may refer also to Fitzroy v. Cave. It is common knowledge that contracts of indemnity are recognised and unquestionably valid, and none the less because they may involve and indeed......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Top 5 Civil Appeals From The Court Of Appeal (September 2011)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 30, 2011
    ...pre-existing commercial interest. He only had an axe to grind. In Frederickson, however, McLachlin J.A. referred to Fitzroy v. Cave, [1905] 2 K.B. 364 (C.A.) in which Cozens-Hardy L.J. likened the transfer of a debt, which is a chose in action, to the transfer of property in a "bale of good......
2 books & journal articles
  • The Trendtex Principle in Australian Law: Context and Recent Developments
    • Australia
    • University of Western Australia Law Review No. 40-2, September 2016
    • September 1, 2016
    ...of debt collecting and the removal of debt claims from the jurisdiction of the county court. For subsequent cases: Fitzroy v Cave [1905] 2 KB 364, 370 (Collins MR), 374, (Cozens-Hardy LJ (with whom Mathew LJ agreed)); County Hotel and Wine Co Ltd v London and North Western Railway Co [1918]......
  • Third-Party Rights and Obligations
    • United States
    • The Story of Contract Law: Implementing the Bargain
    • March 12, 2017
    ...a court did and when a court would grant legal rights under a contract to a third party? A. Assignment FITZROY v. CAVE Court of Appeal (1905), 2 K.B. 364 [¶1] Appeal from the judgment of Lawrance J. in an action tried before him without a jury. [¶2] The action was brought by the plaintiff a......

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