Course description
This bite-sized webinar will look at the latest reported cases on avoiding a contract through the demonstration of either duress or undue influence.
Join solicitor and legal trainer Ian Gascoigne as he discusses the Supreme Court divides in the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation case, whether undue influence is a tort/wrong or simply the manifestation of fairness, and where the boundaries lie in establishing 'unfair' circumstances prior to a ‘victim’ entering a contract, plus much more.
Ian has extensive experience of handling commercial litigation and arbitration. Throughout his career, he has trained lawyers and accountants on dispute related topics, so be sure to tune in to benefit from his expertise in this area.
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Introduction
This bite-sized webinar will look at the latest reported cases on avoiding a contract through the demonstration of either duress or undue influence.
Representing the two English law traditions of the common law and equity, these defences to enforcement of a contract remain difficult to prove.
The cases show how the two different, but oft-linked, concepts can be applied to lending by banks, commercial contract negotiations, the re-organisation of a family-owned business, derivative trading and even the settlement of disputes.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- Does duress extend to pressure exerted via lawful acts by using illegitimate means? The Supreme Court divides in the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation case
- Is undue influence a tort/wrong or simply the manifestation of fairness?
- Where lies the boundary in establishing 'unfair' circumstances prior to a ‘victim’ entering a contract?
- Can lenders be protected against mortgagors and loan guarantors alleging undue influence - Nature Resorts Limited v First Citizens Bank Ltd
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