New Zealand Motor Bodies Ltd v Emslie - [1985] 2 NZLR 569

Contract — Misrepresentation — Damages — Shares in company purchased in reliance on forecast of anticipated profit level — Forecast found to be gravely inaccurate — Whether the forecast amounted to a misrepresentation — Whether defendants were liable in damages under s 6 of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979.

Property law — Lease — Claim for back rent for factory site — After lessee refused to pay rent, landlord prevented lessee's representatives from entering premises to recover machinery lessee had sold — Whether lease had been surrendered or repudiated — Whether claim for back rent succeeded.