Akerhielm v De Mare

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1959
Date1959
Year1959
CourtPrivy Council
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122 cases
  • Nike Real Estate Ltd v De Bruyne
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 31 December 2001
    ...for the first and second defendants; T.W.G. Lowe and Ms. K.M. Thompson for the third defendant. Cases cited: (1) Akerhielm v. De Mare, [1959] A.C. 789; [1959] 3 All E.R. 485, distinguished. (2) Arnison v. SmithELR(1889), 41 Ch. D. 348, dicta of Lord Halsbury and Cotton, L.J. applied. (3) Be......
  • Manish Goyal v BGF Investment Management Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 26 May 2023
    ...49 The representor must intend the representee to rely on the representation in the sense in which it was false: Akerhielm v de Mare [1959] A.C. 789 at 805. Reliance 50 To establish reliance, the representation need not be the only (or the decisive) cause of the induced act alleged. It make......
  • Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 11 June 2010
    ...representation was false in a sense which the representor did not understand or intend it to bear: Derry v Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337; Akerhielm v de Mare [1959] AC 789. As to (b) the claimant must show that the defendant knew that he was not telling the truth. 340 The relevant principles w......
  • Gross v Lewis Hillman Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 July 1969
    ...that way. That appears clearly from the case of Angus v. Clifford (1891 2 Chancery page 449); and from the Privy Council decision of Akerhielm v. De Mare (1959 Appeal Cases page 789), where the point is dealt with on pages 805 and 806. 76 The evidence as to James' state of mind in this rega......
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  • KNOWING, NOT KNOWING AND ALMOST KNOWING: KNOWLEDGE AND THE DOCTRINE OF MENS REA
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...ER 842. 67 (1889) 14 App Cas 337. 68 Australian Corporation Law: Principles and Practice, Vol 2 (Butterworths, 1991) at pp 73 and 197. 69 [1959] AC 789. 70 [2008] 2 SLR 61 at [78]. 71 [2008] 2 SLR 61 at [79]—[80]. 72 (1889) 14 App Cas 337 at 373: “This does not seem to me by any means neces......

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