on the Law of Fraud & Mistake

A reader of the present edition who was familiar with earlier editions of this work will find the lay-out greatly changed. The editors have rearranged the book so that, where possible, all passages dealing with any particular topic will be found together and repetition avoided. In particular, the book is now a composite work on fraud, misrepresentation and mistake instead of one where fraud and mistake were dealt with as separate subjects. Every representation, fraudulent or innocent, for which the Acts give relief, leads to what is in fact a mistake. The editors believe that the practitioner dealing with any particular set of facts will often be concerned with both fraud and mistake, and will find it convenient to have them dealt with together. Thus, in Chapters VII to XIII, dealing with special cases of fraud and mistake, there are brought together what were formerly in different parts of the book. Similarly the remedies available to the victims of fraud and mistake are brought together in Chapter XVIII.