He added that he did not wish to mislead the committee by giving an answer that later proved incorrect.

I did not mislead the committee.

The three all deny that they misled the committee.

Labour said it left her open to 'accusations of misleading the committee'.

Having misled the court, he realised his mistake and apologised - but not before being criticised by the judge.

The controversy led to accusations from some state attorney-generals that the lenders and mortgage servicers deliberately misled the courts.

She was found to have misled the court, under oath, about the identity of that person.

He was found to have acted dishonestly over the claims and to have breached professional rules prohibiting touting and misleading the court on 'changed evidence'.

The application had been made on the grounds, among others, that the claimants had dishonestly misled the court through their solicitor in connection with the application for the freezing order.

Key to this process was the increasing use of scientific thought to mislead the public for electoral purposes.

It was a deliberate strategy to mislead the public.

But he insisted there was no intent to deliberately mislead the public or gain financially.

This only came into play where the individual had deliberately set out to mislead the public, they said.

That would mislead the public in a crucial political debate, and damage trust.