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=== Unconscionability=== | === Unconscionability=== | ||
The ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84mr Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act]'' does not specifically define '''unconscionable acts or practices''' (but see the explanation in the section on Contract Defences), but it does list some of the circumstances that a court should consider when making a decision on unconscionability, including the following: | The ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84mr Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act]'' does not specifically define '''unconscionable acts or practices''' (but see the explanation in the section on [[Contract Defences]]), but it does list some of the circumstances that a court should consider when making a decision on unconscionability, including the following: | ||
* Was undue pressure put on the consumer?
| * Was undue pressure put on the consumer?
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* Was the consumer taken advantage of because of physical or mental infirmity, ignorance, illiteracy, age or inability to understand anything related to the transaction?
| * Was the consumer taken advantage of because of physical or mental infirmity, ignorance, illiteracy, age or inability to understand anything related to the transaction?
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