Commentary on Sections Part 9 - Termination Etc. of Occupation Contracts Chapter 3 - Termination of All Occupation Contracts (Possession Claims by Landlords) Section 158 – False statement inducing landlord to make contract to be treated as breach of contract
367.This section provides that breach of contract includes circumstances where a landlord is induced to enter into an occupation contract as a result of a false statement made by the contract-holder or someone instigated to act by the contract-holder. This means that something done before the contract is entered into is a breach of contract. Section 20 provides that section 158 must be incorporated without modification as a term of all occupation contracts.