According to Korean case law, there are two types of restrictions about set off against the third party who seized the counter-claim. By the seizure of a counter-claim, the set-off of claim to which the obligor is entitled in relation to the obligee i...
According to Korean case law, there are two types of restrictions about set off against the third party who seized the counter-claim. By the seizure of a counter-claim, the set-off of claim to which the obligor is entitled in relation to the obligee is excluded, ① if obligor's claim only became due after the seizure and later than the seized counter-claim(first restriction), or ② if the obligor acquired his claim after the seizure(second restriction). Then can we avoid these restrictions by making set-off contract in advance? If we always say "Yes" on the ground of freedom of contract, it will result to making claim that is free from the third party's seizure, therefore has priority. But basically, making claim that has priority is the task that has to be done by the law or the security system with public notice, in other worlds, by the social institution. So we should not always accept the validity of such set-off contract against the third party who seized the counter-claim. Contract can not always replace social institution. Then, when & on what conditions can parties avoid these restrictions by making set-off contract?
Contracting on the forfeiture of benefit of time(acceleration clause) is the one way for escaping from the first type restriction. In Korea, banks usually us