MISREPRESENTATION

• Date: 06 February 2019

(1) "Misrepresentation in Black’s Law Dictionary, 7th Edition has been defined as follows: "The act of making a false or misleading statement about something, with the intent to deceive. The statement so made; an assertion that does not accord with the fact." - Per Uwa, J.C.A., in Durowaiye v. U.B.N. Plc. Suit No. CA/IL/61/2014; (2015) 16 N.W.L.R. (Pt. 1484) 19 at 36.

(2) "The law has always been that a misrepresentation must be an unambiguous false statement of existing fact. A statement of intention is not a statement of fact nor is a promise a...