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lies and the law in ireland

  • 01-07-2013 6:09pm
    #1
    truebuddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi,

    I want to know if someone can sue another individual for a lie with major life changes to the actual person.
    For example, person A tells person B that she was married and person B never knew about that.
    What do you think? Should person B try and bring person A to court? If so, what would be the charges for which person B can bring person A for?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    truebuddy wrote: »
    Hi,

    I want to know if someone can sue another individual for a lie with major life changes to the actual person.
    For example, person A tells person B that she was married and person B never knew about that.
    What do you think? Should person B try and bring person A to court? If so, what would be the charges for which person B can bring person A for?
    Thanks

    Eh...

    What?!

    Sorry but your post makes almost zero sense. Where's the lie and where's the major life changes??


  • #3
    Sirfartsalot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15 ✭Sirfartsalot


    Are you Ryan Tubridy?


  • #4
    LowKeyReturn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 934 ✭✭✭LowKeyReturn


    truebuddy wrote: »
    Hi,

    I want to know if someone can sue another individual for a lie with major life changes to the actual person.
    For example, person A tells person B that she was married and person B never knew about that.
    What do you think? Should person B try and bring person A to court? If so, what would be the charges for which person B can bring person A for?
    Thanks

    This is very vague but there might be some mileage if a fraud has been perpetrated. There is probably likely to be ramifications for the equitable ownership of property over the legal ownership but it's very difficult to give specifics with such a vague OP.

    Interestingly it's been held that you don't commit rape if you tell a girl you're marry her, or that you're not married as it doesn't vitiate consent to the act. How is this relevant... it's not... :pac:


  • #5
    GeorgeOrwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭GeorgeOrwell


    I think you'd need to show that a fraud or deception had taken place before you could take a case.

    The Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act states:

    6.—(1) A person who dishonestly, with the intention of making a gain for himself or herself or another, or of causing loss to another, by any deception induces another to do or refrain from doing an act is guilty of an offence.

    Why did the person lie? Did they hope to gain something from it or cause a loss to another person? Was it deception?


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