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Renault UK Ltd v Fleetpro Technical Services Ltd

[2007] EWHC 2541 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
Year2007
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A defendant who makes a fraudulent misrepresentation cannot escape liability by asserting that the representee or the representee's agent ought to have detected the falsity; the question is whether the representee was in fact deceived and induced, not whether it was careless or suspicious.

Area of Law

General

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