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In force2023 Revised Edition
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Part · Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements

18. “Misrepresentation”

In plain English

Misrepresentation includes an unsupported statement of something untrue, even if the speaker believes it. It also includes a breach of duty that, without intent to deceive, gives the person in breach an advantage by misleading someone to their harm. It also includes causing a party, even innocently, to mistake the substance of what the agreement is about.

Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.

“Misrepresentation” includes —

(a)

the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;

(b)

any breach of duty which, without an intent to deceive, gives an advantage to the person committing it, or anyone claiming under him, by misleading another to his prejudice, or to the prejudice of anyone claiming under him;

(c)

causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject of the agreement.

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