The Commercial Bar Association

The Rt Hon The Lord Collins of Mapesbury will deliver the annual COMBAR Lecture on Thursday 4 November at 5.30pm, The Hall, Middle Temple.

Topic to be confirmed nearer the time.

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The Commercial Bar Association
IIG Capital LLC v Van der Merwe (2008)

The Court of Appeal has held that there were sufficient indications in the wording of a guarantee of the borrower's obligations in a loan agreement to displace the strong presumption against giving the words "on demand" in a guarantee the effect of creating an independent primary obligation outside a banking context. A conclusive evidence clause put the matter beyond doubt. Click here for judgment.