Where a party has entered a contract under pressure of some kind the contract may be avoided under the common law rules of duress or on the equitable principle of undue influence.
This recording covers
• duress of persons
• economic duress (whether in the form of duress of goods or otherwise)
• undue influence (including influence by a 3rd party to provide security for debts)
(Note: statutes and regulations against pressure selling and so on in consumer contracts not considered in this lecture)
Duration: 63 minutes (approx)
Lecturer: Gianni Vuolo
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