ABSTRACT
A misrepresentation of existing fact or law may give rise to various forms of equitable intervention: • specific performance of a contract may be refused where the plaintiff has
made a misrepresentation; • a contract may be rescinded on account of the defendant’s
misrepresentation; • a misrepresentation made by a fiduciary who has contracted to buy a
property from the beneficiary will give rise to rescission and, where the beneficiary has suffered loss, to equitable compensation;
• a misrepresentation may create an estoppel within the principles of Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988).