Question 6 Richard entered into negotiations with Jasmine, a property agent, for the purchase of a ve-room re-sale at in the Redhill area. Richard told Jasmine that the flat he wished to purchase must be free of any adverse incident in its history. In other words, nothing terrible must have happened inside the at. Richard explained that his wife was very superstitious over such matters. Two weeks later, Jasmine chanced upon a seller of a ve-room at in the Redhill area who wished to sell his at due to a murder that occurred in that flat when it was rented out to foreign workers. Believing that Richard would never know the truth behind the flat's history, Jasmine took it upon herself to make false representations to Richard in an effort to get the at sold to him and thereby earn her commission. Jasmine then told Richard that she had found a at for him. After viewing the at, Richard again stipulated his condition that nothing out of the ordinary should have happened in the flat. Jasmine assured him that no such incident had occurred, stating that the current owners were selling the at because they were emigrating to Australia. After buying the flat and moving in, Richard's neighbourtold him that the former occupants of at were two China nationals who were renting it while working in Singapore and that one day. during a drinking session. one killed the other in the at. The previous owner, said the neighbour, felt that the at carried a bad omen now and decided to sell it off. Adding further, the neighbour said he was surprised that Richard did not know this before buying the at. Required: Enraged, Richard now intends to rescind the contract. Discuss the grounds upon which the contract for the sale of at could be rescinded