Read the full judgment text of CACV 103/1983 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This appeal raises issues of considerable importance to the banking world, in particular, how far does a customer who maintains a current account with a bank owe a duty of care to the bank with regard to the operation of the account. Is that duty limited to particular circumstances which are now well established, i.e. not to draw a cheque in such a manner as may facilitate fraud by a third party : London Joint Stock Bank v. MacMillan [1] ; and to inform the bank immediately of any forgery of