Intents and purposes
13 September 2012
Proving a legal misrepresentation is difficult. Peter Marsh and Frank Griffiths explain the necessary elements and the importance of setting down pre-contractual statements
In law, misrepresentation has a narrower meaning than in general conversation. Legal misrepresentations must have three characteristics - they must be of fact, must be material and they must have induced the contract.
Of the three conditions, it is the first that causes the most difficulty. A statement of fact relates to an existing fact or to a past event, but...