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Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe: The Case of Personal Suretyships



The article discusses how unfair banking practices can occur when a private person stands surety for a business debt. The article provides a comparative overview of the remedies available in 22 EU Member States, based on a questionnaire which has been completed by an expert in each particular jurisdiction. The article discusses how different jurisdictions in Europe operate with different prioritie... more details
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  • The article discusses the remedies available in 22 EU Member States, based on a questionnaire which has been completed by an expert in each particular jurisdiction.
  • Different jurisdictions in Europe operate with different priorities, and this affects the remedies available.


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Author Stephen Weatherill , Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9780199594559
Publication Date 19/08/2010
Publisher USA Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
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The article discusses how unfair banking practices can occur when a private person stands surety for a business debt. The article provides a comparative overview of the remedies available in 22 EU Member States, based on a questionnaire which has been completed by an expert in each particular jurisdiction. The article discusses how different jurisdictions in Europe operate with different priorities, and how this affects the remedies available.

Private persons often stand surety for a business debt incurred by family members, friends, or employers. These suretyships are commonly banking guarantees contracted by means of standard terms. Sometimes the guarantor signs the contract while he/she is not aware of the financial risk related to the guarantee. He or she may not even know what a suretyship is. But in other circumstances the guarantor may be well aware of the risk, but may nonetheless assume it because of strong emotional ties which exist between him/her and the main debtor. How, then, (if at all) does the law address the potential for 'unfairness' in such situations? Some systems choose to rely on objective criteria, such as identification of a manifest disproportion between the guaranteed amount and the surety's income and assets, while others are more open to subjective inquiry. The key point is variation. Different jurisdictions in Europe operate different models with different priorities. This book provides a comparative overview of the remedies against unfair obligations of non-professional guarantors available in 22 EU Member States, based on a questionnaire which has been completed by an expert in each particular jurisdiction and covering both legal rules and the economic context of different credit markets and banking practices.
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