C.F.C. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD. v. GHANA NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION AND ANOTHER [1964] GLR 627-637

Assignment—Legal—Debt—Notice of assignment—Building contract—Retention money—Letter requesting debtor to pay retention money to assignee when it becomes payable—Validity of assignment—Whether assignment absolute—Whether necessary for debtor to signify agreement to assignment—Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict., c. 66), s. 25(6).

Assignment—Legal—Nature of "vested legal right"—Distinction between "vested legal right" and "conditional right"—Similarity between Ghana and English law— Ghana statute based on English statute and common law—Contracts Act, 1960 (Act 25), s. 7— Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict., 66), s. 25 (6)—Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 136 (1).

