Creditor not liable for fall in value
Creditor not liable for fall in value
- 1990
- Daily Telegraph 29/1/90 p18 .
In China and South Sea Bank Ltd v George Tan , Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 13 November 1989, it was held that in advising that the bank `s appeal should be allowed the Privy Council stated that no creditor could carry on the business of lending if he could become liable to a surety for a decline in value of mortgaged property unless the creditor were personally responsible for the decline.
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In China and South Sea Bank Ltd v George Tan , Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 13 November 1989, it was held that in advising that the bank `s appeal should be allowed the Privy Council stated that no creditor could carry on the business of lending if he could become liable to a surety for a decline in value of mortgaged property unless the creditor were personally responsible for the decline.
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