Where the depositary holds assets in custody and those assets are lost, the depositary should be liable, unless it can prove that the loss is the result of an external event beyond its reasonable control, the consequences of which would have been unavoidable despite all reasonable efforts to the contrary.
Če depozitar hrani sredstva in se ta sredstva izgubijo, bi depozitar moral odgovarjati, razen če lahko dokaže, da je izguba rezultat zunanjega dogodka, ki ga razumno ni mogel nadzorovati, posledice pa so bile ne glede na vsa razumna prizadevanja neizogibne.