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008			030404n2003 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u121906
100			_aMurdoch, J.
245			_aWhat's the damage?
260			_c2003
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0313) 29 March 2003, 113(1)
520			_aIn the past a party had to prove that fraud had occurred in order to dissolve a contract that had been entered into through misrepresentation or else seek to have the contract cancelled or rescinded. "Pankhania v Hackney LBC" (ChD [2002] PLSCS 262) involving the sale of a valuable development site, has elucidated the reforms introduced by the Misrepresentation Act 1967. The claimants (P) argued that the defendants (H) had misrepresented the status of the National Car Parks (NCP); the judge upheld P's claim that NCP held a lease not a licence as represented by H, overturning the rule that ignorance of the law is no defence. The judge also decided that as rescission would not have been available, there could be no damages either.
590			_aABS
650			_aLANDLORDS
650			_aTENANTS
650			_aMISREPRESENTATION
650			_aMISREPRESENTATION ACT 1967
650			_aPANKHANIA V HACKNEY LBC
690			_aLAW-UK
942			_n0
999			_c72452 _d72452