24 Nov 2011
BONNEY & ORS V COTTLE & ORS HC AK CIV-2010-404-427
- Citation
- openlaw-e7f45f67_0b5d_4a5d_a343_100bf865458c.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The tenth defendants established as a matter of law that they did not personally assume responsibility to the plaintiffs: the company expressly disclaimed responsibility to anyone other than its client (the vendor), the report and terms of engagement set out qualifications and limitations, and the directors acted as agents of the company without any personal assumption of responsibility; accordingly the plaintiffs have no realistic cause of action in negligent misstatement against the tenth defendants and summary judgment is entered for the tenth defendants; consequentially the eleventh defen…