JD Supra

Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic harm?

At the applicable time, in 2008, Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) was the principal provider of direct flights between the UK and Pakistan. Times Travel (UK) Limited (Times Travel) ...
JD Supra

When lawful acts can (and cannot) constitute economic duress

Even though economic ‘lawful act’ duress exists in English law, its scope in contractual negotiations is “extremely limited”. To set aside a contract under lawful act duress, the defendant must have ...
Law

The Heavy Burden of Proving Economic Duress

When a party is coerced to enter a contract due to business necessity or compulsion, courts may excuse the coerced party from performance, finding the contract involuntary due to economic duress. In ...
The New York Times

Buddy Duress, Who Came Off the Streets to Find Stardom, Dies at 38

He was a homeless heroin dealer when the Safdie brothers put him in their movies, and the critics raved. But the recklessness that gave his acting authenticity thwarted his career. By Alex Traub Buddy ...