
The article explores the permissibility of setting off a debtor’s claim— arising from a fiduciary transfer of ownership for security purposes—against a claim secured by the same transfer. Specifically, the analysis considers claims corresponding either to the value of the asset transferred by way of security or to the surplus of that value over the amount of the secured debt. As the analysis demonstrates, it is impermissible to set off either a (putative) claim equal to the value of the asset transferred by way of security, or even a (genuine) claim for the surplus of that value over the amount of the secured debt, against the monetary claim secured by the transferred asset. The thesis put forward in the article —when considered in conjunction with other positions on fiduciary transfers for security purposes—serves as a consistent and useful instrument for protecting the debtor. Notably, there is no impediment to the debtor setting off a claim for the surplus value of the asset transferred by way of security (in excess of the secured debt) against other claims asserted against them.
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