Conference Proceedings
MINVAL 89, Mining and Petroleum Valuation 1989, Sydney September 1989
Conference Proceedings
MINVAL 89, Mining and Petroleum Valuation 1989, Sydney September 1989
Civil, Criminal and Professional Liability of Experts or ""Caveat Expert""
The general level of awareness amongst members of the professions that they are faced with an increasing number of claims for breaches of their professional duty was dramatically heightened by the decision of Rogers J. at first instance in Cambridge Credit Corporation v Hutcheson (1985) 3 ACLR when the auditors of the failed company were found liable for breach of contract and faced a damages award of $145 million - well in excess of their insurance cover. No comfort should be found in the fact that this decision was overturned on appeal, for that result rested on the issue of whether there had been a causal connection between the breach of contract which had occurred and the loss suffered rather than on the fundamental principle of auditors' liability.
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M Sharwood, E Jackson
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