Vitating Factors Flashcards

1
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What are two factors

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Misrepresentation
Economic duress

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2
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factors can be either what

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wrongful action, statement or duress by D during contractual negotiations

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2
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what is a vitiating factor

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it is a pre-contractual issue, something that occurs prior to of contract formation, namely, acceptable of an offer

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3
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what can these negotiations (duress) make a contract

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void or voidable

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what happen if a suffering party enter a contract- with vitiating factors

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if they discovers that they were subject to a vitiating factor, meaning the party has the option to make the contract void if they wish

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what is void in a contract

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cannot be enforced by either party. the law treats a void contract as if it had never been formed

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what is a voidable in a contract

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a contract is valid but that can be declared invalid at the request of the parties

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if a contract is valid …

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it is enforceable

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8
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if contract is not valid…

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the contract may not exists all or it may exist but become ‘voidable’

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what is a void contract

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those that never existed for one reason or another those that never existed for one reason or another

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what is a voidable contract

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ones that do exist but, due to their construction- can come to an end and not be enforceable

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what is misrepresentation

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it is an untrue statement/false statement
material fact

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who can do misrepresentation

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made by a party to the contract this could be the offeror or the offeree

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who can induce for misrepresentation

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the other party to enter into a contract

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14
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what undue influence

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Where there exists a relationship between the parties which has been exploited by one party to gain an unfair advantage

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15
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does undue influence enable

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this will enable the person influenced to have the contract set aside as against a party who subjected the other to such influence

16
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what is duress

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in contract law relates to where a person enters an agreement as a result of threats. Where a party enters a contract because of duress they may have the contract set aside

17
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what is economic duress

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is where someone enters into an agreement as a result of financial threats

18
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what are the four types of misrepresentation

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fraudulent
negligent
innocent/statutory (misrepresentation act 1967)

19
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case when misrepresentation can express

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“1984 morris 10 saloon” Oscar v Williams

20
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case where misrepresentation is implied

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spice girls Ltd v Aprillia world service in this case was implied by conduct

21
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what is meant by an untrue statement

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must be one that is not true or accurate and may be in any form-written, spoken or by conduct

22
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two case that link to untrue statement

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Fletcher v Krell
Spice girls v Aprillia world service BV

23
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what is the misrepresentation for fletcher v Krell

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silence cannot be a misrepresentation. Governments are not obliged to tell potential employers that she was divorced.

24
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what is the misrepresentation in Spice girls v Aprillia world service

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by conduct. Filming promotional material was a representation that none of the spice girls intended to leave the group

25
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how can change of circumstances half truth be misrepresentation

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the party tells a half truth or says something that later becomes untrue