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Gibbon v Mitchell
[1990] 1 WLR 1304; [1990] 3 All ER 338
Key Principle
A voluntary disposition will be set aside for mistake where the disponor was mistaken as to the legal effect of the transaction, but not where the mistake is merely as to its consequences or the advantages expected from it.
Area of Law
e
Related Cases
Oxley v Hiscock [2004] EWCA Civ 546; [2005] Fam 211; [2004] 3 WLR 715; [2004] 3 All ER 703; [2004] WTLR 709
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