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MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG v Freightliner Ltd

[2005] EWHC 2347 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Commercial Court)
Year2005
StatusPersuasive authority

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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