Decide on what grounds the contracts in the following situations can be invalidated: mistake, misrepresentation or duress.


1.  Armstrong threatened to kill Barton if he did not sign a contract, so the court set the contract aside.

mistake
misrepresentation
duress
(1 p.)



2.  The plaintiff entered into a contract to purchase a medical practice. During negotiations it was said that the practice produced an income of £2000 per year. Before the contract was signed, the practice took a downward turn and lost a significant amount of value.

mistake
misrepresentation
duress
(1 p.)



3.  A person sees an advertisement of car to be sold for €1 which is a fault of the newspaper company that printed the newspaper and not the fault of the car dealer.

mistake
misrepresentation
duress
(1 p.)



4.  A seller who sell you a car promises the car was owned by an elderly lady who only drove it to church on Sunday but in reality it was crashed twice and its meter was turned back.

mistake
misrepresentation
duress
(1 p.)