Argentina (AR) — civil law.

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FCA Compañía Financiera S.A. c/ Agüero Bertolini, Laureano s/ secuestro prendario

The current line of Sala F of the national commercial chamber on the art. 39 secuestro prendario of a consumer’s car — the step that leads to most extrajudicial pledge sales of repossessed vehicles. It applies HSBC c/ Martínez (CSJN 2019) and goes further than Sala A did in HSBC c/ Lema.

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