Mistake, Misrepresentation, and Duress: When Can a Business Escape a Contract? – Polity

Mistake, Misrepresentation, and Duress: When Can a Business Escape a Contract?

In South African contract law, the doctrine of pacta sunt servanda, the principle that agreements freely entered must be honoured, forms the cornerstone of contractual obligations. However, certain circumstances may render a contract void or voidable, such as instances of mistake (error), misreprese…

https://www.polity.org.za/article/mistake-misrepresentation-and-duress-when-can-a-business-escape-a-contract-2025-03-28

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