Abstract
This chapter discusses suretyship contracts in Scottish banking practice. Topics covered include commercial suretyships and consumer suretyships, suretyships and indebtedness of individuals and families, unfair suretyships of non-professional guarantors, laws for surety protection, impact on the guarantor's position of changes in the debtor-creditor relationship, the most effective means of protection for non- professional sureties, and proposals to improve the protection of non-professional sureties.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe : The Case of Personal Suretyships |
| Editors | Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, Stephen Weatherill |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 01.01.2011 |
| Edition | 1. |
| Pages | 493-505 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-19-959455-9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191595714 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01.01.2011 |
Research areas and keywords
- Commercial law
- Scottish banking
- suretyships
- debtors
- creditors
- guarantors
- surety protection
- consumer protection law
- obligations and contracts
- family law
- Law
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