The act of transferring property, rights under a contract, or benefits under a trust to another person, or a document (a deed of assignment) facilitating such a transfer. This term also encompasses the transfer of bank loans between financial institutions to mitigate credit risk.
A fraudulent conveyance is the deliberate transfer of property to another person with the intention of putting it beyond the reach of creditors. Legal scrutiny under statutes like the Insolvency Act 1986 can result in such transactions being set aside by the court.
