Sterling LJ said: ‘It has often been held in actions for misrepresentation that where a misrepresentation is proved and is shown to have been relied upon, that is enough, although the person who enters into the transaction on the faith of the misrepresentation may have also had other inducements to enter into the transaction. There is an instance of that in the case of Edgington v Fitzmaurice.’
Sterling LJ
[1902] 1 Ch 610
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Edgington v Fitzmaurice CA 7-Mar-1885
False Prospectus – Issuers liable in Deceit
The directors of a company issued a prospectus, falsely stating that the proceeds were to be used to complete alterations to the buildings of the company, to purchase horses and vans and to develop the trade of the company. In fact it was to pay off . .
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Updated: 16 August 2021; Ref: scu.268094
