Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [1998] All ER (D) 79
Court: House of Lords
Judge:

Lord Steyn, Lord Griffiths, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Clyde and Lord Hutton

Representation David Oliver QC and Mark Cunningham (instructed by Forsyte Saunders Kerman) for the appellant.
  Leslie Kosmin QC and Andrew Thompson (instructed by Cameron McKenna) for the respondents.
Judgment Dates: 26 February 1998

Catchwords

Subrogation - Circumstances in which doctrine applicable - Restitution - Unjust enrichment - Lender advancing sum of money to person intended to be secured loan - Money used by person to discharge debt owed by him to secured creditor - Whether lender entitled to be subrogated to the charge of creditor if security defective.

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