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“[[Simple contract]]” is not defined, but the context of a [[Limitation Act]] puts it in contrast to: | “[[Simple contract]]” is not defined, but the context of a [[Limitation Act]] puts it in contrast to: | ||
*'''[[Insurance contract]]s''': payment claims under [[insurance contract]]s — perhaps not | *'''[[Insurance contract]]s''': payment claims under [[insurance contract]]s — perhaps not “simple” because of the duty of [[utmost good faith]] implied in them — who knows? | ||
*'''[[Contract of loan]]s''': any “[[contract of loan]]” which: | *'''[[Contract of loan]]s''': any “[[contract of loan]]” which: | ||
:''(a) does not provide for repayment | :''(a) does not provide for repayment at a fixed or [[Maturity|determinable date]]; [[and]] <br> | ||
:''(b) does not | :''(b) does not make the repayment obligation [[Condition precedent|conditional]] on a repayment demand by the creditor (or on any other matter); | ||
:''except where in connection with taking the loan the debtor enters into any [[collateral]] obligation to pay the amount of the debt or any part of it (as, for example, by delivering a [[promissory note]] as [[security]] for the [[debt]]) on terms which would exclude the application of this section to the [[contract of loan]] if they applied directly to repayment of the [[debt]]. | :[warning:strap yourselves in for this:] ''except where in connection with taking the loan the debtor enters into any [[collateral]] obligation to pay the amount of the debt or any part of it (as, for example, by delivering a [[promissory note]] as [[security]] for the [[debt]]) on terms which would exclude the application of this section to the [[contract of loan]] if they applied directly to repayment of the [[debt]]. | ||
Now for a short piece of text this is bloody hard to decipher. There are no explanatory notes to the Limitation Act 1980 — in the good old days, you were just meant to figure it out — but for help we do have that Law Commission bunker buster which says “section 6 does not apply where the debtor enters into a collateral obligation to pay the amount of the debt or any part of it on a fixed or determinable date or conditional on a demand for repayment (or other condition).” So if the promissory note itself is a demand loan, but it is pledged as collateral for another debt which isn’t, then it counts as having a payment date. That's the best I can do. <br> | Now for a short piece of text this is bloody hard to decipher. There are no explanatory notes to the [[Limitation Act 1980]] — in the good old days, you were just meant to figure it out for yourself — but for help we do have that Law Commission bunker buster which says “section 6 does not apply where the debtor enters into a collateral obligation to pay the amount of the debt or any part of it on a fixed or determinable date or conditional on a demand for repayment (or other condition).” So if the [[promissory note]] itself is a demand loan, but it is pledged as collateral for another debt which isn’t, then it counts as having a payment date. That's the best I can do. <br> |