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Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP

[2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm); [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 685; [2008] 2 CLC 520
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court)
Year2008
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

There is no equitable doctrine rendering a contract voidable for unilateral mistake as to a non-fundamental term where one party knows of the other's mistake but the mistake does not relate to the terms of the contract or the identity of the counterparty.

Area of Law

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Related Cases

Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP (The Harriette N) [2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm); [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 685; [2009] 1 All ER (Comm) 1035
R v Rahman [2008] UKHL 45; [2009] 1 AC 129; [2008] 3 WLR 264; [2008] 4 All ER 351
R v H R v H; R v C [2004] UKHL 3; [2004] 2 AC 134; [2004] 1 All ER 1269

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