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Swynson Ltd and Another v Lowick Rose Llp: ChD 30 Jun 2014

The claimant said that it had received negligent advice from the defendant accountants in its financing of the purchase of a company in the US. After the company fell into difficulties, further advances were made. The parties disputed the calculation of damages.

Judges:

Rose J

Citations:

[2014] EWHC 2085 (Ch), [2014] PNLR 27, [2014] CN 1161

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

See AlsoSwynson Ltd v Lowick Rose Llp CA 25-Jun-2015
This appeal concerns the amount of damages recoverable by a lender from a negligent firm of accountants who failed to do a proper exercise of due diligence on the borrower to whom the money was lent. The majority of the loan was repaid by utilising . .
At First InstanceLowick Rose Llp v Swynson Ltd and Another SC 11-Apr-2017
Losses arose from the misvaluation of a company before its purchase. The respondent had funded the purchase, relying upon a valuation by the predecessor of the appellant firm of accountants. Further advances had been made when the true situation was . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Professional Negligence, Damages

Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.533666

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