“…Thus in Saunders v Edwards [1987] 1 WLR 1116 the plaintiffs, purchasers of a flat, had succeeded in a claim based on dishonest misrepresentation. The judge awarded damages reflecting the difference betwee…”
“…rect consequence” of the unlawful act (Rougier J: see Revill v Newbery [1996] QB 567, 571) and “arises directly exturpicausa”: Bingham LJ in Saunders v Edwards [1987] 1 WLR 1116, 1134. It might be better to avoid metaphors like “inextricably linked” or “integral part” and to treat the question as simply one of causation. Can one say th…”