CONTRACT - was there was a contract of retainer - breach of retainer.
TRADE AND COMMERCE - trade practices - whether defendant engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct contrary to s 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
CAUSATION - whether alleged deficiencies in advice caused liabilities of plaintiff under Deed of Settlement with the Commissioner of Taxation - whether deficiencies must coincide with the precise tax exposures settled under the Deed.
DAMAGES - apportionment of loss - concurrent wrongdoers - meaning of damage in context of "apportionable claim" - test for apportionment.
Case Details
Citation[2013] NSWSC 955
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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