An equitable assignee of a chose in action in Queensland (and likely Australia generally) may commence proceedings to enforce the assigned right before giving notice of the assignment to the debtor. Notice is relevant only to priorities between competing assignees and to bind the debtor, not to the validity of the assignment or the assignee's standing to sue. Non-joinder of the assignor is a procedural defect that does not render proceedings a nullity and may be dispensed with where the assignor has no remaining interest.
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