As regards opinions, it is not possible for a person to qualify every statement he makes with the words ‘I believe’ or ‘I think’. In some cases, a seeming statement of fact is self evidently nothing more than an (often uninformed) statement of opinion. In Bissett v Wilkinson, the owner of the land which was the subject matter of the contract had stated that the land was capable of holding 2,000 sheep. In fact, the land had never been used for sheep farming for anything longer than a very short period of time. Moreover, when it had been used for sheep farming, only a small part of the land had been applied to that purpose. The respondents argued that the statement was a misrepresentation and refused to proceed with the contract. The Privy Council held that the statement did not amount to an actionable misrepresentation, because it was nothing more than a genuine opinion, and that any reasonable person in the appellant’s position would have realised this: Bissett v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177, PC, p 179

DOI link for As regards opinions, it is not possible for a person to qualify every statement he makes with the words ‘I believe’ or ‘I think’. In some cases, a seeming statement of fact is self evidently nothing more than an (often uninformed) statement of opinion. In Bissett v Wilkinson, the owner of the land which was the subject matter of the contract had stated that the land was capable of holding 2,000 sheep. In fact, the land had never been used for sheep farming for anything longer than a very short period of time. Moreover, when it had been used for sheep farming, only a small part of the land had been applied to that purpose. The respondents argued that the statement was a misrepresentation and refused to proceed with the contract. The Privy Council held that the statement did not amount to an actionable misrepresentation, because it was nothing more than a genuine opinion, and that any reasonable person in the appellant’s position would have realised this: Bissett v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177, PC, p 179

As regards opinions, it is not possible for a person to qualify every statement he makes with the words ‘I believe’ or ‘I think’. In some cases, a seeming statement of fact is self evidently nothing more than an (often uninformed) statement of opinion. In Bissett v Wilkinson, the owner of the land which was the subject matter of the contract had stated that the land was capable of holding 2,000 sheep. In fact, the land had never been used for sheep farming for anything longer than a very short period of time. Moreover, when it had been used for sheep farming, only a small part of the land had been applied to that purpose. The respondents argued that the statement was a misrepresentation and refused to proceed with the contract. The Privy Council held that the statement did not amount to an actionable misrepresentation, because it was nothing more than a genuine opinion, and that any reasonable person in the appellant’s position would have realised this: Bissett v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177, PC, p 179