The representation on which the claim made was was in a letter signed by the branch manager of the defendant bank and the court evidently assumed that this could not be equated with the bank’s own signature.
Held: The action against the bank was not maintainable. The word ‘person’ in section 6 includes a company.
Citations:
[1901] 2 KB 560
Statutes:
Statute of Frauds Amendment Act 1828 6
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Explained – UBAF Ltd v European American Banking Corporation CA 1984
The defendant invited the plaintiff to take part in a syndicated loan. The defendant’s assistant secretary signed a letter to the plaintiff making representations, now claimed to be fraudulent. The defendant succeeded at first instance arguing that . .
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Banking
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.185447