ABSTRACT
It often happens that one party to a contract makes a statement, either orally or in writing, in order to induce the other party to enter into the contract. In such a case, providing the statement is not an advertising puff, it might be assumed that the statement becomes a term of the contract. However, this is not necessarily so. The statement may be a mere representation. A mere representation which turns out to be false is called a misrepresentation.
