Walton v Efato Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 86 was the subject of this sister post in relation to advocates' immunity. But the case is also interesting for the detailed analysis given in relation to causation, which is the subject of this post. The Court found that the solicitor's failure to lodge within time an [...]

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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 [...]

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Here's a useful little article from Curwoods Lawyers on loss of a chance specifically in commercial cases.  I  can never quite keep up with the law on loss of a chance and suspect it's because (i) there are two parallel lines of authority, one in commercial cases and one in medical negligence cases and (ii) [...]

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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 [...]

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Stipanov v GCFM [2006] VSC 258, Hollingworth J, 27 October 2006 (Stipanov v GCFM (No. 2) is posted about here.)
This case is an unusual one to have got through to trial in that its outcome depended on several conflicts of oral evidence. It is unusual too in that it was a case in which a [...]

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