Common use of No Liability of the Bank Clause in Contracts

No Liability of the Bank. ACE assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any LOC with respect to its use of such LOC. Neither the Bank nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of any LOC or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by the Bank against presentation of documents that do not strictly comply with the terms of an LOC, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to the LOC; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any LOC; provided that ACE shall have a claim against the Bank, and the Bank shall be liable to ACE, to the extent of any direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by ACE resulting from (i) the Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in determining whether documents presented under any LOC comply with the terms of such LOC or (ii) the Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under an LOC after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such LOC. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.

No Liability of the Bank. ACE assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any LOC with respect to its use of such LOC. Neither the Bank nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of any LOC or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by the Bank against presentation of documents that do not strictly comply with the terms of an LOC, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to the LOC; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any LOC; provided that ACE shall have a claim against the Bank, and the Bank shall be liable to ACE, only to the extent of any direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by ACE resulting from (i) the Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in determining whether documents presented under any LOC comply with the terms of such LOC or (ii) the Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under an LOC after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such LOC. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.