Reviewed case brief
Bell v. Lever Bros Ltd
[1932] AC 161
[1932] AC 161 · House of Lords (UK)
- Court
- House of Lords (UK)
- Year
- 1932
- Subjects
- Law of Contract I
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
A common mistake as to a quality of the subject matter of a contract renders the contract void only if the mistake is so fundamental as to make the subject matter essentially different from what the parties believed it to be.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
[1932] AC 161
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