Where sellers of shares in a trading company provide misleading financial information after the purchase price has been agreed, and the evidence supports a finding that the transaction would not have completed absent the misleading conduct, damages are properly assessed as the difference between the price paid and the true value of the shares, rather than the amount necessary to make good the understatement of liabilities.
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