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  2. Misrepresentation - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, in Leaf v International Galleries, [61] where a gallery sold painting after wrongly saying it was a Constable, Lord Denning held that while there was neither breach of contract nor operative mistake, there was a misrepresentation; but, five years having passed, the buyer's right to rescind had lapsed. This suggests that, having ...

  3. Mistake (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    Mistake of law is when a party enters into a contract without the knowledge of the law in the country. The contract is affected by such mistakes, but it is not void. The reason here is that ignorance of law is not an excuse. However, if a party is induced to enter into a contract by the mistake of law then such a contract is not valid. [3]

  4. Mistake in English contract law - Wikipedia

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    Unilateral mistake is where only one party to a contract is mistaken as to the terms or subject-matter. The courts will uphold such a contract unless it was determined that the non-mistaken party was aware of the mistake and tried to take advantage of the mistake. [1] It is also possible for a contract to be void if there was a mistake in the ...

  5. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    LL Fuller, MA Eisenberg and MP Gergen Basic Contract Law (9th edn 2013) CL Knapp, NM Crystal and HG Prince, Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials (7th edn Aspen 2012) Books. OW Holmes, The Common Law (1890) chs 7-9; G Gilmore, The Death of Contract (1974) ISBN 0-8142-0676-X; Articles. MR Cohen, 'The Basis of Contract' (1933) 46 Harvard ...

  6. Leaf v International Galleries - Wikipedia

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    This was a contract for the sale of goods. There was a mistake about the quality of the subject-matter, because both parties believed the picture to be a Constable; and that mistake was in one sense essential or fundamental. But such a mistake does not avoid the contract: there was no mistake at all about the subject-matter of the sale.

  7. Raffles v Wichelhaus - Wikipedia

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    Raffles v Wichelhaus [1864] EWHC Exch J19, often called "The Peerless" case, is a leading case on 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 will attempt to find a reasonable interpretation from the context of the agreement before it will void it.

  8. Rescission (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    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 of a vitiating factor, such as misrepresentation, mistake, duress, or undue influence. [1] Rescission is the unwinding of a transaction.

  9. William Sindall plc v Cambridgeshire CC - Wikipedia

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    William Sindall plc sued for rescission for misrepresentation and common mistake. For mistake, it was held that the contract allocated risk of unknown sewers to the buyer (now rescission for common mistake on the grounds of equity is impossible unless the mistake is fundamental because of The Great Peace).