Strover v Harrington

Subject Matter

VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Misrepresentation — Reliance on statement — Inaccurate particulars of sale — Mis-statement corrected by letter to purchasers' solicitors — Failure of solicitors to inform purchasers of correction — Whether knowledge of solicitors to be imputed to purchasers — Completion in reliance on misrepresentation — Whether purchasers entitled to damages — Misrepresentation Act 1967, s 2(1)

[1988] Ch 390; [1988] 2 WLR 572