1st Edition

Deceit: The Lie of the Law

By Peter Macdonald Eggers Copyright 2009
    300 Pages
    by Informa Law from Routledge

    Deceit: The Lie of the Law will provide a complete and detailed account of the law of deceit as developed over the past two centuries. This new book by Peter MacDonald Eggers examines the commercial, contractual and civil relationships in which claims in deceit have been made.

    Chapter 1.  Deceit: Nature, Rationale and Formulation  Chapter 2.  Lies, Law and Morality  Chapter 3.  The Representation  Chapter 4.  Examples of Representations  Chapter 5.  Fraudulent Knowledge and Fraudulent Intention  Chapter 6.  Third Parties  Chapter 7.  Inducement  Chapter 8.  Remedies for Deceit  Chapter 9.  Towards a Restatement of the Tort of Deceit 

    Biography

    Peter MacDonald Eggers is a barrister at 7KBW Chambers, London.