Fraudulent Misrepresentation in UK Law
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Houldsworth v. City of Glasgow Bank
... ... induced to subscribe for shares on the faith of a fraudulent statement in a company prospectus cannot sue the company for ... the company for damages for the fraudulent misrepresentation inducing the share subscription, when it is too 1 (1950) 18 ... ...
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Measures in Misrepresentation: Recent Steps in Awarding Damages
... ... As is well known, at common law the courts had only allowed damages for fraudulent misrepresentation in the tort of deceit'; the only remedy for innocent or negligent misrepresentation was rescission of the contract, ... ...
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Equitable Compensation for Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Scotland: Kidd v Paull & Williamsons LLP
... ... of breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent misrepresentation.12 ... Regarding the breach of contract and negligence ... ...
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Moors the Pity: The Case of the Missing Grouse Cramaso LLP v Ogilvie-Grant, Earl of Seafield and others
... ... the Supreme Court to clarify the principles of negligent misrepresentation in Scots law, but also to provide an insight into the sport and economics ... Cramaso raised an action for fraudulent, which failing, negligent misrepresentation, and damages ... The ... ...
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Fraud or Error: A Thought Experiment?
... ... and where a material error is induced by another party's misrepresentation and causes the victim to enter the contract, that contract may be ... The misrepresentation need not be fraudulent; there is said to be a category of “innocent” misrepresentation. But ... ...
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Whose Loss is it Anyway? Transferred Loss in the Court of Appeal
... ... breach of warranty, alleging that these statements amounted to fraudulent misrepresentation. Lord Justice Longmore provided detailed comment on ... ...
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Authorised Acts and Appropriation
... ... in the present case was voidable because of the fraudulent misrepresentation. Property acquired under a voidable contract was ... ...
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Navigating trans‐atlantic deals: warranties, disclosure and material adverse change
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore certain remaining differences in the underlying legal considerations and the differing customs and practices of US and UK mergers and acquisitions i...... ... for damages or seekingrescission ab initio under the Misrepresentation Act 1967. Accordingly, a seller willseek to exclude tortious remedies and ... New York courts may barboth fraudulent and non-fraudulent misrepresentation claims where the contractcontains a ... ...
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Paul McGrath, COMMERCIAL FRAUD IN CIVIL PRACTICE Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.co.uk), 2008. lv + 681pp. ISBN 9780199290574. £155.
... ... of fraud as it is commonly understood, that is to say fraudulent misrepresentation or deceit, and travels through sections on statute-based ... ...
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Procurement
... ... representations 319 (i) Introduction 319 (ii) Misrepresentation 320 (iii) Innocent misrepresentation 320 (iv) Fraudulent ... ...
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