“A claimant needs to establish the following in order to succeed with a claim of economic duress (1) that there was an illegitimate threat or pressure, (2) that illegitimate threat or pressure caused the claimant to enter into the agreement (which the claimant is now trying to rescind) and (3) the claimant had no reasonable alternative but to give in to the threat or pressure. This case concerns the scenarios in which lawful actions (eg the lawful termination of a contract) will amount to an illegitimate threat or pressure. The facts of the case are as follows …” (more)
[Stephanie Cheung, Mitchell Abbott and Jana Blahova, UK Supreme Court Blog, 26 October]
First posted 2021-10-27 18:00:40
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