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International Law
A buyer entered into a contract to purchase 100 boxes of apples from a seller. The apples arrived at the buyer’s warehouse and after inspection, the buyer found half the apples to be rotten and not of merchantable quality. The buyer calls his bank to stop payment to the seller under a letter of credit that has previously been opened by the buyer to pay the seller for the apples. Discuss if the bank is allowed to follow the buyer’s instructions to stop payment to the seller under the principles governing the letter of credit payment. Your answer must include the relevant Articles in the UCP 600 and the
relevant case laws.
Yes, the bank is allowed to follow the buyer’s instructions to stop payment to the seller under the principles governing the letter of credit payment but only when the buyer will show the apples that were rotten to the bank. If the apples were found rotten after checking by the bank then the advising bank will send the letter to the issuing bank and will inform that the buyer is stopping the payment to the seller. Now, bank of the seller will inform about the due payment of apples.