Question juridique clé
Whether the tenant was entitled to invoke an essential mistake when signing the lease.
Solution extraite
Yes. The tenant was mistaken about the cause, remedy, and contractual significance of the noise problem, and the mistake was subjectively and objectively essential.
Motifs extraits
The tenant assumed the noise stemmed from ventilation and could be solved cheaply before move-in. Under good-faith commercial practice, a lease for office premises presupposes compliance with noise limits and absence of persistent disturbing noise requiring uncertain, disruptive works.