Lewin v Barratt Homes Limited (2000) 164 JP 182 - PMA - s 123 MCA.
1) a promise to the future can contain a statement of present fact.
2) informations were valid without reference to D’s present intention.
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Related case digests
- British Airways Board v Taylor [1976] 1 All ER 65 HL - S 14 TDA.
1) "promise to the future" - can also be a statement as to existing fact and hence false. 2) Where D knows of falsity, offence should be under s 14(1)(a) not (b). 3) New legal entity not liable for acts of predecessor. 4) Misleading descriptions or statements - ordinary man test cf. legal analysis. 5) False to a material degree. - Dacre Son & Hartley Ltd v North Yorkshire Trading Standards [2004] EWHC Admin 2783 - S 1 PMA, r 100 MCR (r 7.2 CrimPR), s 123 MCA.
1) adequacy of information - does it create unfairness? - was the D misled? - court may look at relevant extraneous material. - not fatal not to name maker of statement when D is a company. 2) issues of unfairness in information to be raised before the trial.