In contract law, a mistake is an erroneous belief, at contracting, that certain facts are true. A mutual mistake occurs when the parties to a contract are both mistaken about the same material fact within their contract.
Questions tagged [mutual-mistake]
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Do I have right to delay the increase of my rent by one month if the landlord proposes to increase it on February the 30th?
This is the text of the e-mail I received from the agency on 28th of January (my emphasis):
Hello,
I hope this finds you well.
Unfortunately, we’ve been asked to inform you of an increase in your rent. It hasn’t been increased in a while, and our…
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In beer can lottery who gets to keep the prize? Buyer or person who opened the can? Does mutual mistake rule applies to gifts?
I came across an interesting situation on my Facebook wall.
Basically in Cambodia there's a beer lottery you open a can and you can win another beer or money or motorbike. As far as I can tell guy brought 10 cans of beer to his friends and one of…
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There's a (potentially large) mistake in my contract, is there a need to address it?
A company that's using the contracting firm said they'd pay me $X per hour, and the same amount for hours over 40 in a given week. Apparently there's an exemption from the 1.5x pay for certain engineering positions, which I was told this was. I was…
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