Article 1000

Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section

1. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 13113/2553 (2010)

   A cheque specifying named payees with 'or bearer' struck out must be paid only to those named; a collecting bank that pays another person cannot rely on the Section 1000 defence.

   A cheque issued by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for land expropriation compensation, made payable jointly to two named recipients with the word 'or bearer' struck out, must be paid only to the named payees: not to the bearer. A bank that paid a person other than the named payee was not entitled to the protection of the collecting bank defence.

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2. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 3801/2541 (1998)

   A bank whose employee negligently collects a restricted cheque for an unauthorised person cannot rely on the good faith defence and is liable for the loss.

   The plaintiff issued a cheque marked 'not transferable' to a named payee, but the bank's employee negligently processed it for a different person. The bank was held liable for its employee's negligent conduct in collecting a cheque for an unauthorised person.

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