Misrep/misleading/deceptive Conduct Flashcards
Holmes v Jones
Statement calculated to induce entry - CLMisrep
With v O’Flanagan
Misrepresentation common law
Material fact false at formation
Redgrave v Hurd
Statement did induce entry
Coastal Estates v Melevende
Affirms contract
Knowledge of untrue
Knowledge of right to rescind
Then can’t rescind
Alarm v Kruger
Restitutio Impossible
Substantially restored to orig positions
Leaf v International Galleries
Misrep
Rescission needs to happen in reasonable period of time
Damages for misrepresentation
Fraud - deceit
Meg - neg mis
Inno - no, dick Bentley
ACL s18
Stat bar on mislead/deceptive conduct
Note: requires trade or commerce, but not necessarily misrepresent
ACL s2
Trade or commerce - within aust, rest of world
Definition of commerce
Concrete Constructions v Nelson
Specific conduct of trade/commerce nature
Accounting systems
Includes misleading conduct that continues after formation
Campomar v Nike
Objective test, misleading or deceptive, segment of public
Henjo
Half truth/silence may be misleading where reasonable disclosure expectation
Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty
Exclusion clauses pretty irrelevant
Marks v GIO
Damages under statute - how worse off