Hirst v West Riding Banking Co: CA 1901

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:

ExplainedUBAF 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