Diamond v Bank of London and Montreal Ltd

Subject Matter

FRAUD — Misrepresentation — Creditworthiness — No written statement signed by party to be charged with fraud — Whether action for misrepresentations confined to creditworthiness — Statute of Frauds Amendment Act 1828, s 6

[1979] QB 333; [1979] 2 WLR 228

PRACTICE — Writ — Service out of jurisdiction — Telex messages and telephone calls by manager of bank outside jurisdiction — Allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation — Whether action founded on tort committed within jurisdiction — Discretion to allow service of writ outside jurisdiction — No sufficient evidence of loss suffered by reason of misrepresentations — RSC, Ord 11, r 1 (1) (h)

[1979] QB 333; [1979] 2 WLR 228