Skip to main content

This link is exclusively for students and staff members within this organisation.

Unauthorised use will lead to account termination.

Previous

The Privy Council

Next

Do juries understand the law?

examination focus

Misrepresentation

Peter Blood explains misrepresentation in contract and how it differs from breach of contract

TOPFOTO

This Examination Focus is relevant for AQA A2 Unit 3: Contract Law, OCR A2 Unit G155: Law of Contract and WJEC A2 Unit 3: Contract and Consumer Law.

Misrepresentation is one of the two main ‘causes of action’ (i.e. grounds for suing) in contract law. The other is breach of contract. The purpose of this Examination Focus is to explain the basic principles of misrepresentation and to compare misrepresentation as a cause of action with breach of contract. For more about breach of contract itself, see Dale Smith’s article ’Breach of contract’ in A-LEVEL LAW REVIEW, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 2.

Your organisation does not have access to this article.

Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise

Subscribe

Previous

The Privy Council

Next

Do juries understand the law?

Related articles: