Hungary’s Supreme Court Rejects K&H Bank’s Suspension Request

  • 27 Aug 2014 5:00 AM
Hungary’s Supreme Court Rejects K&H Bank’s Suspension Request
K&H Bank moved to suspend the court case in which it is defending unilateral changes it made to foreign currency borrowers’ contracts, but the court turned down its request. The bank had asked the Budapest Municipal Court to appeal to the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice over the case.

Under legislation approved in July, Hungarian lenders must compensate clients for unilateral changes to contracts unless they can successfully defend the practice in court.

At the hearing today, K&H argued that the law mandating the refunds went against the constitution on a number of points, violating the right to fair legal process and the prohibition on legislating retroactively.

The court postponed issuing a verdict in the case until Sept. 9.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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