Where a professional disqualification is independently justified on grounds unrelated to the alleged negligence, a plaintiff must adduce evidence of differential impact (on income or reputation) between the disqualification that would have occurred and the disqualification that did occur. The fact of disqualification, rather than its length or specific grounds, is likely to be the critical reputational factor. An accountant retained to provide company secretariat services may owe a duty that extends beyond merely following client instructions where the client is ignorant of statutory obligations, but the precise content of that duty was left open.
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