I was already a fan of the first edition of Judge Stephen Walmsley SC, Alister Abadee, and Ben Zipser's excellent Professional Liability in Australia, published by Thomson, and had been waiting for the new edition with interest. I got myself a copy the other day. It's good, and there are substantial additions since [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Duties to third parties'
2nd edition of Professional Liability in Australia reviewed
October 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Advocates' Immunity · Barristers' immunity · Book reviews · Causation · Discipline · Duties to third parties · Ethics · Fair Trading Act · Fiduciary duties · Forensic immunity · Legal Profession Act · Legal writing · Limitations of actions · Misconduct · Negligence · Professional regulation · Proportionate Liability · Retainers · Striking off · Uncategorized · Wasted costs · conflicts · defences · doctors · duties of confidentiality · legal professional privilege · two bites at the cherry
English cases on auditors' liability to third parties and on architects' liability
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
England's CMS Cameron McKenna, whose free 'Law Now' service is well worth subscribing to, have a couple of interesting articles on their website about auditors' liability to third parties. Apparently, England has devised legislation, the Company Law Reform Bill, providing for 'Liability Limitation Agreements'. The big new auditors' liability case discussed is MAN Nuzfahrzeuge AG [...]
Tags: Causation · Duties to third parties · Negligence
