ABSTRACT
If a contract is the product of the agreement of two or more parties and a ‘meeting of minds’, one of the key problems with contracts is where the willingness to agree to a contract has been interfered with in some way. This is illustrated in a number of different principles discussed in this book, for example, where there has been a mistake that has led to a contract or a misrepresentation by one party that has induced the other to enter into an agreement. However, it is also clearly illustrated by situations in which someone has been unduly persuaded or coerced into entering the contract, and it is such situations that are covered by duress and undue influence.
