Does the tort of deceit require a privity of contract or a contractual foundation?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Paragon Properties (Finance) Ltd. v. Del Swan Trucking Inc., 1998 ABQB 803 (CanLII):
Despite the protestations of the Defendant, it has long been established that the tort of deceit does not require a privity of contract or, indeed, a contractual foundation at all (Pasley v. Freeman (1789), 100 E.R. 450).
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