... where someone is forced into the contract against their will. The other form of duress is economic duress this is when one party exerts pressure on the other party to change the terms of the contract or renegotiate. However a party does have the right to alter the terms as long as there is consideration. However many cases where there is duress its in large commercial contracts and here its often difficult to make a distinction between hard bargaining and duress. Although this has to be established as hard bargaining is lawful however duress is not. The problem mainly with duress is that there seems to be little principles as, 'each case depends on its own facts, it must be shown that the victim had been coerced?' When looking at the cases to help establish if the victim was forced into the contract it may need to be asked was it legitimate or ...

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