''Bank of Credit and Commerce International S.A. v. Aboody'' 9924 All ER 955 is an

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case relating to undue influence.

Facts

Mrs. Aboody signed a document making a charge over the family home in favour of

Bank of Credit and Commerce International The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was an international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. A decade after opening, BCC ...

, to secure her husband’s borrowing for his company. Mr. Aboody had bullied her, and she had signed to get some peace.

Judgment

Slade LJ held that because of "manifest disadvantage" had to be shown even in cases of actual undue influence. The transaction was not manifestly disadvantageous, but this requirement was subsequently overruled in .

Facts

Judgment

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