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This Practice Note sets out the Requirements and considerations for permitted assignment of claims or causes of action in English civil litigation.

For guidance on how to assign a claim or cause of action, with particular consideration as to what should be included in the assignment documentation, see Practice Note: How do I assign a claim or cause of action?

Note: in this Practice Note, we refer to the assignment of both causes of action and claims. We define a cause of action as '...a factual situation the existence of which entitles one person to obtain from the court a remedy against another person' (Letang v Cooper) and a claim as the formal assertion of a cause of action by a claimant against a defendant. In the authorities, the phrases 'assigning a cause of action' and 'assigning a claim' are sometimes used interchangeably. For the purposes of this Practice Note, unless the context indicates otherwise, we refer to:

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   assigning 'causes of action' when considering whether the assignment