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deceitshare purchase agreementvicarious liability
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG v Freightliner Ltd
[2005] EWHC 2347 (Comm)
Key Principle
A seller of shares may be held vicariously liable in deceit for fraudulent misrepresentations made by an employee of the target company who, on a holding-out or agency analysis, was speaking on the seller's behalf to induce the purchaser to enter the share purchase agreement.
Area of Law
General
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