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United Kingdom Leading Case deceitcompensatory damages

Doyle v Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd

[1969] 2 QB 158
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (England and Wales)
Year1969
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Damages for deceit are assessed on the reliance measure, restoring the claimant to the position before the fraudulent misrepresentation, not the expectation position.

Key Principle

Damages for fraudulent misrepresentation are assessed to put the claimant in the position they would have been in had the misrepresentation not been made (the reliance measure), not the position had the representation been true.

Area of Law

tort

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