In claims for misleading or deceptive conduct based on oral representations, the plaintiff must plead and prove the representations with precision, and a trial judge is entitled to hold the plaintiff to its pleaded case. Where a plaintiff's own evidence demonstrates it paid a fee for commercial reasons (securing non-competition) rather than in reliance on alleged representations about legal rights, the reliance element fails. An anti-suit injunction may be granted where complete relief is available in the local proceedings and the foreign proceedings are vexatious or oppressive, without requiring specific evidence of additional cost or inconvenience beyond the inherent burden of duplicative proceedings.
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