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      What is an honest and reasonable mistake of fact?
      Honest and reasonable mistake of fact
      Posted By , on April 21, 2020

      You’ve probably heard the saying, “ignorance of the law is not an excuse”. Well, in very limited circumstances it can be. In Proudman v Dayman Dixon J summarised the defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact: “As a general rule an honest and reasonable belief in a state of facts which, if they existed, […]

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