diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/ecdsa_account_contract.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/ecdsa_account_contract.ts
index b86c62cda193..3db403239a10 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/ecdsa_account_contract.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/ecdsa_account_contract.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { BaseAccountContract } from './base_account_contract.js';
  */
 export class EcdsaAccountContract extends BaseAccountContract {
   constructor(private signingPrivateKey: Buffer) {
-    super(EcdsaAccountContractAbi as unknown as ContractAbi);
+    super(EcdsaAccountContractAbi as ContractAbi);
   }
 
   async getDeploymentArgs() {
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/schnorr_account_contract.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/schnorr_account_contract.ts
index 0243377d5e37..3b0f8728649c 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/schnorr_account_contract.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/schnorr_account_contract.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { BaseAccountContract } from './base_account_contract.js';
  */
 export class SchnorrAccountContract extends BaseAccountContract {
   constructor(private signingPrivateKey: GrumpkinPrivateKey) {
-    super(SchnorrAccountContractAbi as unknown as ContractAbi);
+    super(SchnorrAccountContractAbi as ContractAbi);
   }
 
   async getDeploymentArgs() {
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/single_key_account_contract.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/single_key_account_contract.ts
index 02ad9776fe56..d7bda8ce91e4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/single_key_account_contract.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/contract/single_key_account_contract.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { BaseAccountContract } from './base_account_contract.js';
  */
 export class SingleKeyAccountContract extends BaseAccountContract {
   constructor(private encryptionPrivateKey: GrumpkinPrivateKey) {
-    super(SchnorrSingleKeyAccountContractAbi as unknown as ContractAbi);
+    super(SchnorrSingleKeyAccountContractAbi as ContractAbi);
   }
 
   getDeploymentArgs(): Promise<any[]> {
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/defaults/default_entrypoint.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/defaults/default_entrypoint.ts
index 6b96f4e5f081..ce6ee5e52251 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/defaults/default_entrypoint.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/account/defaults/default_entrypoint.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ export class DefaultAccountEntrypoint implements EntrypointInterface {
         },
       ],
       returnTypes: [],
-    } as unknown as FunctionAbiHeader;
+    } as FunctionAbiHeader;
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.test.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.test.ts
index 3ff8b8dd2e3b..b4ae515188cd 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.test.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ describe('abiChecker', () => {
             {
               type: {
                 kind: 'struct',
+                path: 'mystruct',
                 fields: [
                   {
                     name: 'name',
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.ts
index 68bcd09486e2..b90c3845845a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/checker.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function abiParameterTypeChecker(type: ABIType): boolean {
     case 'array':
       return checkAttributes(type, { length: 'number', type: 'object' }) && abiParameterTypeChecker(type.type);
     case 'struct':
-      return checkAttributes(type, { fields: 'object' }) && checkStruct(type);
+      return checkAttributes(type, { fields: 'object', path: 'string' }) && checkStruct(type);
     default:
       throw new Error('ABI function parameter has an unrecognised type');
   }
diff --git a/yarn-project/boxes/private-token/src/artifacts/PrivateToken.ts b/yarn-project/boxes/private-token/src/artifacts/PrivateToken.ts
index 09f9be3854ed..16a0a5de990a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/boxes/private-token/src/artifacts/PrivateToken.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/boxes/private-token/src/artifacts/PrivateToken.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { AztecRPC, PublicKey } from '@aztec/types';
 
 import PrivateTokenContractAbiJson from './private_token_contract.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
-export const PrivateTokenContractAbi = PrivateTokenContractAbiJson as unknown as ContractAbi;
+export const PrivateTokenContractAbi = PrivateTokenContractAbiJson as ContractAbi;
 
 /**
  * Type-safe interface for contract PrivateToken;
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts
index 80573e21c491..9ba23a077f5e 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export const mockContractAbi: ContractAbi = {
           name: 'structParam',
           type: {
             kind: 'struct',
+            path: 'mystruct',
             fields: [
               { name: 'subField1', type: { kind: 'field' } },
               { name: 'subField2', type: { kind: 'boolean' } },
diff --git a/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts b/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts
index 80533bdc9296..19acd281f606 100644
--- a/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ export interface StructType extends BasicType<'struct'> {
    * The fields of the struct.
    */
   fields: ABIVariable[];
+  /**
+   * Fully qualified name of the struct.
+   */
+  path: string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/decoder.test.ts b/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/decoder.test.ts
index 165e4a4a61f2..206b0aa99542 100644
--- a/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/decoder.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/decoder.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FunctionAbi } from './abi.js';
+import { ABIParameterVisibility, FunctionAbi } from './abi.js';
 import { decodeFunctionSignature, decodeFunctionSignatureWithParameterNames } from './decoder.js';
 
 describe('abi/decoder', () => {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('abi/decoder', () => {
             { name: 'secretHash', type: { kind: 'field' } },
           ],
         },
-        visibility: 'private',
+        visibility: 'private' as ABIParameterVisibility,
       },
       {
         name: 'aDeepStruct',
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ describe('abi/decoder', () => {
             },
           ],
         },
-        visibility: 'private',
+        visibility: 'private' as ABIParameterVisibility,
       },
     ],
-  } as unknown as Pick<FunctionAbi, 'name' | 'parameters'>;
+  } as Pick<FunctionAbi, 'name' | 'parameters'>;
 
   it('decodes function signature', () => {
     expect(decodeFunctionSignature(abi.name, abi.parameters)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-compiler/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts b/yarn-project/noir-compiler/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts
index ba88a253519a..92fa4c18b241 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-compiler/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-compiler/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function generateAbiGetter(name: string) {
 function generateAbiStatement(name: string, abiImportPath: string) {
   const stmts = [
     `import ${name}ContractAbiJson from '${abiImportPath}' assert { type: 'json' };`,
-    `export const ${name}ContractAbi = ${name}ContractAbiJson as unknown as ContractAbi;`,
+    `export const ${name}ContractAbi = ${name}ContractAbiJson as ContractAbi;`,
   ];
   return stmts.join('\n');
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/scripts/types.sh b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/scripts/types.sh
index 65fb9ccffce9..c99b99e8f923 100755
--- a/yarn-project/noir-contracts/scripts/types.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-contracts/scripts/types.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ write_export() {
 
 
     # artifacts
-    echo "export const ${NAME}ContractAbi = ${NAME}Json as unknown as ContractAbi;"  >> "$artifacts_dir/index.ts";
+    echo "export const ${NAME}ContractAbi = ${NAME}Json as ContractAbi;"  >> "$artifacts_dir/index.ts";
     echo "Written typescript for $NAME"
 
     # types