Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [1997] All ER (D) 88
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Beldam, Potter and Brooke LJJ

Representation Richard Slade (instructed by Norton Rose) for the plaintiff.
  Murray Pickering QC (instructed by Wortley Byers, Brentwood) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 25 November 1997

Catchwords

Bills of exchange - Bills on plaintiff's standard printed form - Drawer of bill inserting words '90 days after acceptance' using typeface too large for space provided - Word 'acceptance' obscuring words 'sight of' in printed bill - Whether instruments properly construed as payable on acceptance - Whether instruments were bills of exchange.

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