Misrepresentation in law – comparing UAE with English law (English Edition)

The misrepresentation is defined as false statement made by party towards another party during the contractual period. The actionable misrepresentation makes the contract void and provides the innocent party right to claim damage and rescind the contract. The misrepresentation is defined in form of false statement regarding facts while opinion and future intentions are not covered in it. The misrepresentation is driven through elements of contractual fraudulent and can result in contract termination, penalty on party engaged in misrepresentation. The United Arab Emirates deal legal cases of misrepresentation through Civil Transactions Law (Civil Code) that is governed by Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 (Hall, McNeil, 2012).While on the other hand, The English (UK) Law for misrepresentation is managed as per Section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 of the English Law to deal with any form of contractual agreements.