Talk:Assignment (law)

Worldwide view
I accept that all legal articles by necessity of the limits of the authors will tend to focus on one jurisdiction or another, but this article seems to me to be much to U.S. centric for a general topic. Whole subsections like:


 * "There are certain situations in which the assignment must be in writing.


 * 1. Assignment of wages
 * 2. Assignment of any interest in real property
 * 3. Assignment of choses of action worth over $5,000
 * 4. Assignment as collateral for a loan or debt


 * For more information about contractual writing requirements see Statute of frauds."

are wholly based on common U.S. provisions without explicitly stating so. I'll try and internationalize the language somewhat, and where possible put in references to other provisions from jurisdictions I am familiar with; if others can do the same, hopefully we can upgrade the general usefulness of this (fairly important) legal tpic. Legis 08:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


 * It would help if US lawyers made clear what jurisdiction they were talking about (perhaps by limiting their writing to the US), otherwise it is impossible for someone like me to come along and correct what they have written since I can't say in terms "in the US.....". The article is also suspect since it implies that the common law permitted the assignment of a chose in action, I do not believe it did, even if US law now does. Francis Davey 21:08, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

On the other hand, the Sufficiency of disclosure article does a refreshingly good job of providing a World View - Pavium 01:26, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Real World Examples
This article is awfully theoretical for what is already an overly-theoretical doctrine. This article could benefit by having a section of real-world examples. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.203.15.194 (talk) 01:03, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Can debts be assigned ?
Can Mr.A sign a assignment deed to take up all the debts payable by Mr.B ? Will Mr.A be thereafter be responsible for all such debts?

Can Agreement for Assignment be called as Assignment of Development/Sub-Development rights ? Can anyone help me out with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.61.85.28 (talk) 18:50, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

A debt or duty or liability cannot be assigned: Tolhurset v Assoiated Portland Cement Manu (1900) Ltd [1902]KB 2QB 660. It is easy to illustrate. If A, a man of substance, takes a Million $ loan from Bank B could assign the repayment duty to C, a man of straw or a bankrupt, so that B could only recover or enforce payment against C, then it would be easy for everyone to get rich and for every bank or successful companies to collapse. This has not happened and cannot be allowed to happen. The benefit of receiving a debt can of course be assigned. ---Ting, Sabah, Malaysia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.78.63.138 (talk) 11:08, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Improper redirect
The term obligor redirects to this article. An obligor is anybody who has engaged to perform some obligation—i.e., a promisor. There are many obligations—and thus obligors—having nothing to do with assignments. Absurdly, obligee, the counterparty to an obligor in any transaction, redirects to Delegation. I am going to change the redirections for both terms to Contract, as the most basic concept to which obligor and obligee are related. J. D. Crutchfield &#124; Talk 18:57, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

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Assignment task 103.141.47.88 (talk) 13:24, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose merging General assignment into Assignment (law). The main reason is that General Assignment (also called Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), as I understand it, is a type of assignment. Both articles are fairly short and each have their own issues. This merge could reduce clutter and may offer a chance for the strengths of each article to be combined into one overall better result.

 Spurious Correlation  06:19, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * If merged, I think it would have to be as a new section under the header, "Special rules for assignment of certain rights", with the section titled something like "General assignment in bankruptcy law". BD2412  T 23:00, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose, as General assignment is quite long, and would unbalance the target if merged. Hence, I suggest a WP:SUMMARY at Assignment (law) which then links to General assignment. Klbrain (talk) 09:08, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose in agreement with Klbrain - BobKilcoyne (talk) 02:14, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per User:Klbrain. These are related but distinct concepts. --Coolcaesar (talk) 12:26, 29 June 2023 (UTC)