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Mar 16, 2022commercial-lawnegotiable-instrumentsforged-checkscollecting-bankbanking-lawfictitious-payee
Liability for Forged Checks When Collecting Banks Bear the Loss
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on collecting bank liability for forged endorsements, negligence standards, and the fictitious payee rule.
Mar 16, 2022commercial-lawnegotiable-instruments-lawforged-endorsementcollecting-bankbanking-lawchecks
Who Pays When a Check's Payee Is Faked? Collecting Bank's Liability for Forged Endorsements
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when a collecting bank must return funds paid out on checks with forged endorsements to an impostor.
Apr 25, 2017negotiable instruments lawforged endorsementbank liabilitypresumption of deliverycivil proceduresupreme court
Forged Endorsements and the Presumption of Delivery in Negotiable Instruments
A look at Asia Brewery v. Equitable PCI Bank on the presumption of delivery and when courts may dismiss for lack of cause of action.