Midland GW Railway of Ireland v Johnson: 1858

Rectification is not available where the mistake is one of law as to the legal effect of particular terms, rather than a mistake of fact.

Citations:

(1858) 6 HLR 798

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedPegler Ltd v Wang (UK) Ltd TCC 25-Feb-2000
Standard Conract – Wide Exclusions, Apply 1977 Act
The claimant had acquired a computer system from the defendant, which had failed. It was admitted that the contract had been broken, and the court set out to decide the issue of damages.
Held: Even though Wang had been ready to amend one or . .
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Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.238578