Mistake (contract law) void. Traditionally, Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware), and under Common Law Caveat Venditor (let the seller beware). A contract might be voidable from unilateral mistake for any of the following: A mutual mistake occurs when the parties to a contract are both mistaken about the same "material" fact within their contract. They are at cross-purposes. There is a meeting of the minds, but the parties are mistaken. Hence the contract is voidable. "Collateral" mistakes will not afford the right of rescission. A collateral mistake is one that 'does not go to the heart' of the contract. For a mutual
Paulette Caveat Canada to hold public hearings on the proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline (hearings that become known as the Berger Inquiry). Paulette Caveat The "Paulette" Case refers to the filing of a legal caveat concerning the different interpretations of Treaty No. 8 and No. 11 between the Government of Canada and the Denesoline in the Northwest Territories (NWT). In 1973, Fort Smith Chief Francois Paulette, along with sixteen NWT Chiefs, attempted to file a caveat at the land titles office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to gain a legal interest in of land in Northwest Territories, Canada. The Chiefs claimed the land,