Seakom Ltd and Another v Knowledgepool Group Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMrs Justice Carr
Judgment Date18 December 2013
Neutral Citation[2013] EWHC 4007 (Ch)
Docket NumberCase No: HC12CO2182
CourtChancery Division
Date18 December 2013
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7 cases
  • Capita Atl Pension Trustees Ltd and Others v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 10 February 2016
    ...that the consent of all parties shall be obtained." 19 I have also been referred to Carr J's summary of the principles in Seakom Limited v. Knowledgepool Group Limited [2013] EWHC 4007 (Ch) at [145]–[147], "145 Rights and obligations under a contract may be transferred to a third party by ......
  • Musst Holdings Ltd v Astra Asset Management UK Ltd Astra Asset Management LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 December 2021
    ...to make it unjust or unconscionable for the latter to assert the true legal (or factual) position.” 309 In Seakom v Knowledgepool [2013] EWHC 4007 (Ch) 1, at paras 112–116, Carr J summarised the relevant principles and noted that silence or mere inactivity will not suffice (para 114). Refe......
  • Credico Marketing Ltd v Benjamin Gregory Lambert
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 4 June 2021
    ...contracting party. Both of the original parties, and the new party, must agree: see Seakom Limited v Knowledgepool Group Limited [2013] EWHC 4007 (Ch) per Carr J, at paragraphs 145–146. A novation is different from an assignment, in which the rights enjoyed by a party to a contract, but no......
  • Clico Investment Bank Ltd v Louis Andre Monteil
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 19 April 2021
    ...effect of novation and the manner in which it may be effected were considered in Seakom Ltd and another v. Knowledgepool Group Ltd (2013) EWHC 4007 (Ch) where Carr J stated: “[145] Rights and obligations under a contract may be transferred to a third party by novation. On novation, pre-exi......
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