Key legal question
Whether the account statement and debit of 4 September 2000 were deemed approved by silence and thus resulted in saldo recognition/newation.
Extracted holding
Yes. The company had been informed of the debit and remained silent for about three years; under the agreed approval-by-silence clause, the statement was deemed accepted, and the bank's prior bad faith did not negate that approval absent reasons to doubt the company's will to approve this statement.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that in a current-account relationship, saldo recognition can arise through silence when contractually agreed. Bad faith in opening the account related to the earlier establishment of the secret account, not to the later approval of the statement. No facts showed the bank had reason to suspect the company's silence did not mean approval of the 4 September 2000 statement.