FREE CONSENT

FREE CONSENT

1. Coercion

   • Penal Code
   • Burden of Proof
     • Lie upon the aggrieved party
   • Effect
     • Return benefit received
     • Other party need not perform his part

2. Undue influence

   • One of the parties is in a position to dominate the will
     • Real or apparent authority
     • Fiduciary relation
     • Persons with affected mental capacity
     • Unconscionable: stronger party has exercised
   • Burden of proof
     • Party who is in a position to dominate
   • Effect
     • Refund the benefit

3. Fraud

   • false representation
     • Knowingly
     • Without belief in its truth
     • Recklessly
   • Effect of fraud
     • Entitled to compensation for any damage

4. Misrepresentation

   • misstatement of a material fact

5. Mistake

   • Erroneous belief about something
     • Bilateral Mistake
       • Existence
       • Identity
       • Title or rights
       • Quantity
       • Quality
       • Assumptions
     • Unilateral Mistake
       • Said v Butt(1920)
       • Cundy v Lindsay (1878)
       • Philips v Brooks (1919)
       • Ingram v Little (1961)
       • Lewis v Averay (1971)