Manifest error

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“manifest error” was in IIG Capital llc v Van der Merwe as one which is “obvious or easily demonstrable without extensive investigation” even if not readily apparent at the time that the certificate was provided.

In North Shore Ventures Ltd v Anstead Holdings Inc the court said:

“it is quite possible for one person to certify the existence of some fact at a particular moment in time which the other person, the recipient of the certificate, cannot verify save after the occurrence of a subsequent event”.

See also

• indemnity
• Conclusive evidence