Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:29:50

From: Adam Kramer

Subject: Converting a chose in action; tortious wrongful interference with a contract

Dear all,

The English Court of Appeal recently decided an interesting case on Receivers taking control and performing contractual obligations and then finding out that they had not been validly appointed. Legal issues of conversion of a contract right and whether there can be wrongful interference even though the Receivers did rather well (discussions of Torquay Hotel). Mance LJ, dissenting, has interesting things to say about liability of an unauthorised agent, although the majority view is fairly orthodox:

OBG Ltd v Allan et al

Adam Kramer

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