Is fraudulent misrepresentation an exception to the general principle “let the buyer beware”?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sutton v. Burch and Knies, 2011 BCPC 408 (CanLII):

However, fraudulent misrepresentation is also an exception to the general principle “let the buyer beware” and will not operate to permit a vendor to escape the consequences of fraudulent statements: Vershinin v. Amnibahksh & Bateni, paragraph 3. Neither of these defences is available to the defendants.

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