The next series of posts are intended as a summary that includes relevant legal principles derived from the English case law dealing with pre-contractual statements and their effect on a subsequent contract. In particular, the summary is concerned with false statements of existing fact that induce a party to enter into a contract. Such statements may amount to actionable misrepresentations. The principal remedies for actionable misrepresentation are rescission and damages. The full-text transcript of the cases is freely available at http://www.bailii.org.

Tags: misrepresentation, case law