Scott Group Ltd v McFarlane

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Date1978
Year1978
CourtCourt of Appeal
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35 cases
  • JEB Fasteners Ltd v Marks, Bloom & Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
  • Caparo Industries v. Dickman et al., (1990) 108 N.R. 81 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 9 Febrero 1990
    ...and two from the United Kingdom, which do undoubtedly support the respondents' contention. [57] In Scott Group Ltd. v. McFarlane , [1978] N.Z.L.R. 553, the defendants were the auditors of a company which had been successfully taken over in reliance upon certified consolidated accounts in wh......
  • International Shipping Co (Pty) Ltd v Bentley
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Touche [1931] 174 NE 441; The American Restatement of the Law of Torts 2nd ed s 552; The Scott Group Ltd v MacFarlane and Others 1978 (1) NZLR 553 (CA); Anns v Merton London B Borough Council [1978] AC 728; Dimond Manufacturing Co Ltd v Hamilton 1968 NZLR 705 (1st instance); 1969 NZLR 609......
  • Standard Chartered Bank of Canada v Nedperm Bank Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Company (Pty) Ltd STANDARD CHARTERED BANK OF CANADA v NEDPERM BANK LTD 753 CORBETT CJ 1994 (4) SA 747 AD Ltd v MacFarlane and Others (1978) 1 NZLR 553; Caparo Industries pie v A Dickman and Others [1990] 2 AC 605 (HL) at 620H, 643C. Cur adv vult. Postea (September 30). Corbett CJ: The appel......
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3 books & journal articles
  • The Law of Bureaucratic Negligence in South Africa: A Comparative Commonwealth Perspective
    • South Africa
    • Juta Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 15 Agosto 2019
    ...Stellier v Porirua CC [1986] 1 NZLR 84 (CA); Craig v East Coast BaysCC [1986] 1 NZLR 99.126Per Woodhouse J, Scott Group Ltd v McFarlane [1978] 1 NZLR 553 at 573. See alsoWoodhouse P & Ongley J, Meates v Attorney General [1983] NZLR 308 (CA) at 334; perCooke J (ibid) at 378; per Tompkins J, ......
  • Waiting for Enron: The Unstable Equilibrium of Auditor Independence Regulation
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley Journal of Law and Society No. 33-3, September 2006
    • 1 Septiembre 2006
    ...113 (duty owed to investors although auditor did not know about theirinterest in the company at the time it issued its audit report).61 [1978] 1 NZLR 553 (majority of the court held that a duty could be owed where theauditor was not aware that a particular third party would be provided with......
  • DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW RELATING TO NEGLIGENT MISSTATEMENTS: ANY RECOURSE FOR INVESTORS AND CREDITORS?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1992, December 1992
    • 1 Diciembre 1992
    ...1 per Cardozo CJ, Ultramares Corp v. Touche(1931) 255 NY 170 at 179. 2 [1964] AC 465. 3 Scott Group Ltd v. McFarlane & Robinson [1978] NZLR 553, JEB Fasteners Ltd v. Marks Bloom & Co (a firm)[1981] 3 All ER 289, Twomax Ltd v. Dickson McFarlane & Robinson1982 SC 113. 4 [1977] 2 All ER 492. 5......

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