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United Kingdom customer dutiesby silenceforgery

Greenwood v Martins Bank Ltd

[1933] AC 51
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1933
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Customer's duty to disclose forgery on account; estoppel by silence; failure to notify bank of spouse's forgeries on cheques

Area of Law

banking

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