8 Mar 2018
GG & GE BLACKBURN TRUSTEE LIMITED v CROWE HORWATH (NZ) LIMITED [2018] NZHC 366
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 366
- Court
- High Court
Summary judgment was refused because the plaintiff failed to establish there was no arguable defence: there were genuine and material factual disputes about whether the defendant was asked to provide tax advice and about the scope of any such request, and the nature of professional negligence claims requires exploration of facts, credibility and potentially expert evidence before liability and causation can be resolved.