CL-2021-000481 - [2025] EWHC 2874 (Comm)

The claimants and Blasket submit that even if issue estoppel is not available the assignability objection ought to be rejected on its merits. In the alternative, the claimants and Blasket submit that following registration of the Award, a new and free standing group of rights arose and they maintain that those are capable of assignment as a matter of English law even if the Award itself is incapable of being assigned. I consider each of these arguments in turn below.