A threat to complain to a statutory regulator such as ASIC, or to request a stop order, does not constitute illegitimate pressure capable of founding economic duress where the complainant holds a bona fide belief in the entitlements claimed. A commercially sophisticated party in a poor bargaining position is not under a 'special disadvantage' for the purposes of the equitable doctrine of unconscionability.
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