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6. A misrepresentation cannot be a statement of opinion

  • True
  • False

7. Which cases, comparatively, illustrate this point?

  • Bissett -v- Wilkinson and Smith -v- Land & House Property Corp
  • Pankhania -v- Hackney London Borough Council and Gordon -v- Selico
  • Sykes -v- Taylor-Rose and Nottingham Patent Brick & Tile Co -v- Butler

8. A statement of intention, unless promising to do something when there is absolutely no intention of actually doing it, cannot be a misrepresentation

  • True
  • False

9. A "mere puff" can be a misrepresentation

  • False
  • True

10. Does either party have an obligation to disclose facts that might affect the contract?

  • Not unless the other party enquires
  • Yes
  • No

11. Which case illustrates the above point?

  • Nottingham Patent Brick & Tile Co 0c
  • Sykes -v- Taylor-Rose
  • Smith -v- Land & House Property Corp
  • Gordon -v- Selico

12. A misrepresentation can occur where a contracting party tells a "half-truth"

  • True
  • False

13. Which case illustrates this point?

  • Smith -v- Land & Hose Property Corp
  • Sykes -v- Taylor-Rose
  • Nottingham Patent Brick & Tile Co -v- Butler
  • Gordon -v- Selico

14. A contracting party is not obliged to disclose facts where a statement becomes inaccurate due to a change in situation

  • False
  • True

15. Which case demonstrates this point?

  • Re Northumberland & Durham Banking Co
  • Attwood -v- Small
  • With -v- O
  • Nottingham Patent Brick & Tile Co -v- Butler

16. Parties have a duty to disclose facts where the contract is made in the 'utmost good faith' (uberrimae fidei) where facts may influence the other party

  • True
  • False

17. Which case illustrates the point that there is no misrepresentation where the claimant was unaware of the existence of a false statement at the time he entered into the contract

  • Sykes -v- Taylor-Rose
  • Redgrave -v- Hurd
  • Re Northumberland & Durham Banking Co
  • With v O'Flanagan

18. If a false statement is made and the other party decides to check the facts out for himself and wrongly decided the statement was true, he did not rely on the false statement and therefore no misrepresentation occurs

  • True
  • False

19. Which case illustrates the above point?

  • Redgrave -v- Hurd
  • Attwood -v- Small
  • Re Northumberland & Durham Banking Co
  • With -v- O'Flanagan

20. If a representee decides to enter into a contract and does not bother to check the truth of the statement, he can sue for misrepresentation if the statement is untrue

  • True
  • False