Our Tinley Park contract litigation attorneys provide you with a basic understanding of contract breach defenses, enhancing your understanding of the contracts you sign as well as your ability to identify the situations where an attorney consultation may be useful. The common defenses to breach of contract explained in this video are: Material breach by the other party, anticipatory repudiation, duress, unconscionability, mistake, fraud, undue influence, and impracticability. Some other considerations would be: loopholes, one-sided clauses, ambiguities, and modification.