About: Tort of deceit

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The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor * makes a factual representation, * knowing that it is false, or reckless or indifferent about its veracity, * intending that another person relies on it, * who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment.

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  • The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor * makes a factual representation, * knowing that it is false, or reckless or indifferent about its veracity, * intending that another person relies on it, * who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment. Deceit dates in its modern development from Pasley v. Freeman. Here the defendant said that a third party was creditworthy to the claimant, knowing he was broke. The claimant loaned the third party money and lost it. He sued the defendant successfully. (en)
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  • The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor * makes a factual representation, * knowing that it is false, or reckless or indifferent about its veracity, * intending that another person relies on it, * who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment. (en)
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  • Tort of deceit (en)
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