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In banking and finance practice, a waiver is a written agreement by which a third party voluntarily agrees not to exercise specific rights that could defeat or dilute a lender’s security, control or enforcement. Commonly used to mean a book debts waiver, it supports a fixed charge or assignment of receivables and proceeds, typically from an account bank, key customer or group company, waiving rights of set‑off, combination of accounts, lien or security interest. The term also covers: (i) a set‑off waiver from account banks; (ii) a landlord’s waiver/non‑disturbance letter, confirming no distress/CRAR (or local equivalent), recognising the lender’s security and permitting access to seize goods; and (iii) haulier’s, carrier’s, warehouse operator’s or bailee’s waivers, disapplying possessory liens and enabling release of goods on the lender’s instruction. It is not defined by statute; rather, it is a descriptive transactional label grounded in contract and security priority principles, with scope negotiated case by case. Usage is broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, though the underlying rights vary (for example, CRAR in E&W and landlord’s hypothec and Scots lien in Scotland). In practice, such waivers are routine conditions precedent in secured lending, asset‑based lending and receivables finance.
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In this issue: Lending Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Regulation for derivatives lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Lending Email correspondence can give rise to waiver of facility agreement (Little v Olympian Homes Ltd) This matter concerned two bids to set aside statutory demands that arose from personal guarantees linked to a facility agreement. The principal sum was settled late, prompting the lender to issue statutory demands for default interest due under that agreement. The applicants maintained that the lender had surrendered its right to contractual interest via email correspondence (contractual waiver) or, in the alternative, through its conduct (waiver estoppel). The court made it plain that the applicants could not rely on any suggestion of an oral waiver of the facility agreement’s terms, because the agreement expressly stipulated that any contractual waiver must be in writing...

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Deed of third‑party legal mortgage of land by single company chargor, bilateral, securing specific facility obligations, with assignment of insurances and property rights (England and Wales law)

This Deed is dated [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ Insert name of Chargor ], a company registered in England and Wales under number [ insert company number ], with its registered office at [ insert address ] (the Chargor); and [ Insert name of Lender ], of [ insert address ] (the Lender). Recitals: The Lender has agreed to provide a loan facility to the Company (as defined below) on the terms and conditions specified in the Facility Agreement (as defined below). The availability of that facility to the Company is conditional upon the Chargor entering into this Deed to grant security in favour of the Lender for the Secured Obligations (as defined below). ...

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Deed of third-party fixed charge over borrower’s shares by parent: single company chargor, bilateral security for specified facility obligations (England and Wales law)

This Deed is entered into on [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] by parties set out below Parties [ Insert name of Chargor ], a company registered in England and Wales under number [ insert company number ], with its registered office at [ insert address ] (the Chargor); and [ Insert name of Lender ], whose address is [ insert address ] (the Lender). Recitals: The Lender has agreed to make available a loan facility to the Company on the terms and conditions that are set out in the Facility Agreement (as defined below). A condition precedent to making the loan facility available to the Company is that the Chargor executes this Deed to grant security in favour of the Lender in respect of the Secured Obligations (as defined below)...

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