Vitiating Factors: Misrepresentation
Explore how a contract can be undermined by a 'vitiating factor', focusing on misrepresentation. You will identify the different types of misrepresentation (innocent, negligent, and fraudulent) and the remedies available for each.
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Explore how a contract can be undermined by a 'vitiating factor', focusing on misrepresentation. You will identify the different types of misrepresentation (innocent, negligent, and fraudulent) and the remedies available for each.
Key Questions
- Identify the key elements required to establish an actionable misrepresentation.
- Compare the remedies available for fraudulent misrepresentation with those for negligent misstatement at common law.
- Analyse the significance of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 in contract law.
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