A unique aspect of doing business with the federal government is the built-in limits on a contractor’s right to assign the contract or the right to payment under the contract to third parties. The ...

A recent judgment has offered a thorough and illuminating review of the principles around assignment and novation Anyone working in construction is likely to have encountered the terms “assignment” ...

There are 2 methods of transferring a contract in Singapore. If you want to transfer just the rights under the contract, you can perform an assignment of the contract. On the other hand, if you want ...

A purported assignment of a contract without consent and an alleged novation were ineffective, the BC Court of Appeal recently held in Barafield Realty Ltd. v. Just Energy (B.C.) Limited Partnership, ...

If you’re a contractor and you’re asked to accept the novation of a consultant, make sure it really is going to be joining you – and be careful which form you use Hands up those of you who can explain ...

When a party is substituted for another party to contract and assumes the original party’s rights and/or obligations, it does so either by way of ‘novation’ or ‘assignment’. Party A contracts with ...