16-3-23 / Matthew Jones KC — Professional Negligence
The Defendants applied to strike out the tenth version of the Plaintiff’s statement of claim on the basis of a defective pleading of causation. The statement of claim was struck out, without leave to proceed, and the proceeding was dismissed for want of prosecution. The Defendants had never been required…
9-12-21 / Matthew Jones KC — Professional Negligence
In this proceeding, the Applicant claimed damages in excess of AUD 140 million against his former accountants, alleging that their negligence caused the collapse of a financial services business. Previous versions of the pleading had been struck out. The version of the statement of claim before the court was the…
