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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contracts legislation - Contractual remedies - Assignees

54: Remedies enforceable by or against assignee

You could also call this:

“What happens when someone gives you their contract rights and duties”

If someone gives you the benefits or responsibilities of a contract, you can use the same ways to fix problems as the person who gave it to you. This means you can ask for money if something goes wrong, or you can cancel the contract. But remember, this only works if the contract doesn’t say something different.

There are some other rules about this in sections 55 to 57 of the law, so you need to look at those too.

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Contractual remedies: Assignees

54Remedies enforceable by or against assignee

  1. If a contract, or the benefit or burden of a contract, is assigned, the remedies of damages and cancellation are enforceable by or against the assignee (except to the extent that it is otherwise provided in the assigned contract).

  2. This section is subject to sections 55 to 57.

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