Tort of deceit

rdf:langString Tort of deceit

rdf:langString The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor * makes a factual representation, * knowing that it is false, or reckless or indifferent about its veracity, * intending that another person relies on it, * who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment. Deceit dates in its modern development from Pasley v. Freeman. Here the defendant said that a third party was creditworthy to the claimant, knowing he was broke. The claimant loaned the third party money and lost it. He sued the defendant successfully.