Eg A agrees to sell a 2 nd hand car to B for RM5000 and in the course of the precontractual negotiations he states that it is a 1999 model which has run 20000 miles After B has bought the car he discovers that these statements are untrue ID: 1029599
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1. MISREPRESENTATIONThe basic problem in misrepresentation is the effect of pre-contractual statements.Eg- A agrees to sell a 2nd hand car to B for RM5,000 and in the course of the pre-contractual negotiations, he states that it is a 1999 model which has run 20,000 miles.After B has bought the car, he discovers that these statements are untrue. What remedies are available?
2. The initial common law approach to this problem is based on the principle that promissory statements should be ineffective unless they form part of the contractHence, the concept of “MERE REPRESENTATION” – a statement of fact, which had induced the representee to enter into the contract but which did not form part of the contract
3. Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners [1964]It was decided in the House of Lords that the principle “no damages for innocent misrepresentation” is not fundamentalFacts: did not take an action in contract but rather in tort
4. A representation is a statement of fact made by one party to the contract which although does not form part of the term of the contract, is yet one of the reason that induces the representee to enter into a contractA misrepresentation is merely a state of misrepresentation which is untrue. It is limited to a statement of fact. It is not a statement of opinion or intention.
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