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Mistake s.20,21,22

Section.20

The contract is voidable if one of the parties came to know the fact that the contract was completed by misleading the parties .

Documents mistakenly signed or non est factum 

It is available to person who has signed a document  and later it was not the document he had signed , this is usually applied to blind person , the person reading the document could have Misread to make him  sign the document, but it not usually available to person who could not say that he didn’t read the documents properly , the person signing has to take care.

Case law

Gallie v lee 

Mrs.G who was seventy eight years old signed her property to her nephew who was taking care later he pleadged the documents with the building society upon default they society claimed possession, she pleaded non est factum.

The lord denning and salmon gave the same decision that she could have signed the document even though she s aware of the fact that her nephew would mortgage.


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