This assignment will examine the High Court decision in *Bank Melli Iran v Barclays Bank (DCO) Ltd* (1951) to answer the specific question of whether the defendant bank had made a payment under a letter of credit. The central issue revolved around what constitutes “payment” in the context of documentary ...
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