Daily Archives: February 15, 2023

What is the rule in Clayton’s Case?

In the case of running accounts like current accounts or cash credit accounts, normally there is no specific appropriation of funds to exact debit. In such cases, it is the first item on the debit side that is discharged or reduced by the first item on the credit side. This principle was originally formulated in…

Right of set-off and the important requirement to initiate the same

The banker’s right to combine different accounts of a person against the debt it holds against the same person is called the right to set off. The right of set-off is available to the bank only when the money owed to the bank is a certain sum, which should be due at the time of…