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Knightsbridge Estates Trust Ltd v Byrne

[1940] AC 613

The Court of Appeal held that a 40-year repayment term in a mortgage granted by a company was valid and not an unreasonable clog on the equity of redemption. The equitable principles protecting individual mortgagors from oppressive terms do not apply with the same force to commercial companies which

debenturesclog-on-redemptioncompany-borrowinglong-term-mortgage
Court
Court of Appeal
Year
1940
Subjects
Company Law
Reviewed
2026-06-30

Rule established

The equitable doctrine of clog on the equity of redemption does not apply to company debentures; a 40-year repayment term in a company mortgage is valid

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