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Gibbon v Mitchell

[1990] 1 WLR 1304; [1990] 3 All ER 338
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division)
Year1990
StatusPersuasive authority

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

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Clyde & Co LLP v Bates van Winkelhof [2014] UKSC 32; [2014] 1 WLR 2047; [2014] ICR 730; [2014] 3 All ER 225
Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 347; [2012] Ch 453; [2011] 3 WLR 1153; [2011] 4 All ER 335
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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