A claim for negligent misrepresentation may often be brought alongside or in the alternative to a claim for negligent misstatement. It is therefore useful to understand...
This Practice Note considers when damages are available as a remedy for a misrepresentation claim with reference to the Misrepresentation Act 1967 (MA 1967). For...
A claim for misrepresentation requires that the statement made must have been false. This is the ‘falsity’ requirement. Having established the falsity of a statement,...
This Practice Note sets out when and how an innocent party can rescind a contract for misrepresentation, why they would wish to do so and when rescission is not...
This Practice Note sets out when and how parties can seek to limit or exclude liability for misrepresentations by reference to section 3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967...
This Practice Note considers the requirement for the representor both to have intended to and actually to have induced the representee, by their misrepresentation, to...
This Practice Note describes what an actionable misrepresentation is, the essential elements of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 (MA 1967) and provides a comparison with...
This Practice Note considers the requirement for there to be a false statement of fact for an actionable misrepresentation. For details of the other key ingredients for a...
There are a number of ways in which liability for negligent misstatement may be avoided and/or limited. For details on founding a claim of negligent misstatement, see...
Similar but different to a claim for actionable misrepresentation are claims for negligent misstatement. This Practice Note sets out when and how such claims may by...
What are damages? The term ‘damages’ refers to any amount of money awarded by a court in order to compensate a claimant who has suffered loss or damage as a result of a...
Deceit—what is it? A deceit occurs when a misrepresentation is made with the express intention of defrauding a party, subsequently causing loss to that party. The...