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National Westminster Bank plc v Morgan

[1985] AC 686
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1985
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Undue influence by a bank: the House of Lords held that a wife's claim of undue influence over a mortgage required proof that the transaction was manifestly disadvantageous (subsequently modified in Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge).

Area of Law

banking

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