M Ltd v ON [2023] NZDT 389 (21 September 2023) [pdf, 113 KB]
...contract by a misrepresentation made by the other party, whether innocent or fraudulent, that person is entitled to compensation from that other party as if the misrepresentation were a term of the contract. In this case, XC must prove that ON’s statement that the digger had been regularly serviced was incorrect; that it induced him to enter the contract; and that it resulted in the losses that he claimed. Did ON misrepresent the condition of the digger by saying it had been regularly...