In contract law, a mistake is an erroneous belief, at contracting, that certain facts are true. It can be argued as a defense, and if raised successfully... 19 KB (2,643 words) - 18:11, 25 April 2024 |
The law of mistake comprises a group of separate rules in English contract law. If the law deems a mistake to be sufficiently grave, then a contract entered... 10 KB (1,354 words) - 09:05, 26 March 2024 |
Look up mistake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mistake(s) may refer to: An error Mistake (contract law), an erroneous belief, at contracting, that... 3 KB (328 words) - 18:20, 23 October 2023 |
In contract law, rescission is an equitable remedy which allows a contractual party to cancel the contract. Parties may rescind if they are the victims... 16 KB (1,836 words) - 09:54, 26 March 2024 |
In criminal law, a mistake of fact may sometimes mean that, while a person has committed the physical element of an offence, because they were labouring... 12 KB (1,585 words) - 16:46, 16 February 2024 |
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 prescribes the law relating to contracts in India and is the key act regulating Indian contract law. The Act is based on... 23 KB (3,628 words) - 18:47, 11 March 2024 |
Mistake of law is a legal principle referring to one or more errors that were made by a person in understanding how the applicable law applied to their... 6 KB (922 words) - 07:05, 17 May 2023 |
A contract is an agreement enforceable by law. A void agreement is one which cannot be enforced by law . Sometimes an agreement which is enforceable by... 3 KB (489 words) - 01:30, 30 June 2023 |
Unconscionability (redirect from Unconscionable contract) known as unconscionable dealing/conduct in Australia) is a doctrine in contract law that describes terms that are so extremely unjust, or overwhelmingly... 28 KB (3,873 words) - 01:04, 12 April 2024 |
Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson (category English mistake case law) proposed by the Law Reform Committee in 1966 in its twelfth report. That would mean that in all cases of mistake to identity, contracts would be voidable... 6 KB (714 words) - 20:44, 6 April 2024 |
Phillips v Brooks Ltd (category English mistake case law) Ltd [1919] 2 KB 243 is an English contract law case concerning mistake. It held that a person is deemed to contract with the person in front of them unless... 4 KB (526 words) - 14:14, 31 October 2022 |
Cundy v Lindsay (category English mistake case law) is an English contract law case on the subject of mistake, introducing the concept that contracts could be automatically void for mistake as to identity... 6 KB (940 words) - 02:01, 18 December 2023 |
In contract law, a contract of sale, sales contract, sales order, or contract for sale is a legal contract for the purchase of assets (goods or property)... 2 KB (236 words) - 00:16, 31 October 2023 |
accessed June 13, 2021 McCamus, John D. (2005). "13: Mistake". The Law of Contracts. Irwin Law. ISBN 978-1-55221-018-5. Maralinga Pty Ltd v Major Enterprises... 4 KB (487 words) - 23:18, 10 April 2024 |
Couturier v Hastie (category English mistake case law) Couturier v Hastie [1856] UKHL J3 is an English contract law case, concerning common mistake between two contracting parties about the possibility of performance... 2 KB (196 words) - 14:10, 15 March 2024 |
McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (category English contract case law) Disposals Commission, is an Australian contract law case, relevant for English contract law, concerning the common mistake about the possibility of performing... 6 KB (749 words) - 22:03, 17 March 2024 |
Raffles v Wichelhaus (category English contract case law) mutual mistake in English contract law. The case established that where there is latent ambiguity as to an essential element of the contract, the Court... 9 KB (1,250 words) - 23:11, 16 August 2023 |
Misrepresentation (redirect from Misrepresentation in English law) the validity of a contract. Other vitiating factors include: Mistake Undue influence Duress Duress in English law Duress in American law Embezzlement False... 36 KB (5,220 words) - 02:53, 25 March 2024 |
oral contract is a contract, the terms of which have been agreed by spoken communication. This is in contrast to a written contract, where the contract is... 4 KB (445 words) - 18:29, 17 May 2023 |
Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd (category English contract case law) is an English contract law case decided by the House of Lords. Within the field of mistake in English law, it holds that common mistake does not lead... 8 KB (1,107 words) - 01:57, 3 May 2023 |
The English law of unjust enrichment is part of the English law of obligations, along with the law of contract, tort, and trusts. The law of unjust enrichment... 48 KB (6,821 words) - 18:04, 14 April 2024 |
Consideration (redirect from Consideration (law)) common law and is a necessity for simple contracts but not for special contracts (contracts by deed). The concept has been adopted by other common law jurisdictions... 27 KB (4,017 words) - 16:44, 27 February 2024 |