Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990

SubrogationU.K.

1U.K.Where a person (“the creditor”) has a contractual claim upon another (“the debtor”), and a third person has a duty to satisfy the creditor, or has in fact satisfied the creditor in discharge of that duty, the law which governs the third person’s duty to satisfy the creditor shall determine whether the third person is entitled to exercise against the debtor the rights which the creditor had against the debtor under the law governing their relationship and, if so, whether he may do so in full or only to a limited extent.

Commencement Information

I1Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2U.K.The same rule applies where several persons are subject to the same contractual claim and one of them has satisfied the creditor.

Commencement Information

I2Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2