Where, immediately before the transfer date, any legal proceedings are pending to which the transferor is a party and the proceedings have reference to the business agreed to be transferred, the name of the transferee shall on the transfer date be substituted for that of the transferor and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.
Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 September 1971 - onwards