Accountants’ Negligence and Liability

Accountancy remains one of the largest professions with their work extending from the statutory audit of accounts, compliance work, management consultancy through to investment and tax advice. All have the capacity to go wrong, and the financial implications can be extensive. The Third Edition of this work continues to provide practical coverage of their legal liabilities in negligence claims and is fully updated to reflect the impact of:- The Supreme Court decision in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20, overturning the Court of Appeal and re-writing the law on scope of duty- The important issues in the law of accountants’ negligence raised in Borelli v BDO in the Hong Kong High Court and NMC v Ernst & Young (currently before the English courts)This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Professional Negligence online service.