United Kingdom lawful actvitiating factorseconomic duress

Pakistan International Airline Corp v Times Travel (UK) Ltd

[2021] UKSC 40

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtUnited Kingdom Supreme Court

Year2021

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Lawful act duress: a demand coupled with a threat of lawful action can vitiate a contract if the threat is illegitimate in the sense of being unconscionable.

Area of Law

contract

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