RESOLUTE MARITIME INC. AND ANOTHER v. NIPPON KARJI KYOKAI AND OTHERS (THE "SKOPAS")

[1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 431

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Mustill

Sale of ship - Misrepresentation - Agent - Statements made by agent - Whether agent liable under Act if he did not have reasonable grounds to believe that it was true - Whether person who actually made the statement on behalf of the agent incurred a similar liability - Misrepresentation Act, 1967, s. 2 (1), (2).