Doughty-Pratt Group Ltd v Perry Castle - [1995] 2 NZLR 398

Property law — Lease — Guarantee — Clause in agreement for provision of guarantee — No separate provision for guarantors to sign in that capacity — Whether guarantors bound by initialling clause and executing agreement in dual capacity — Contracts Enforcement Act 1956, s 2.

Tort — Negligence — Lease — Assignment or sublease — Whether solicitor negligent in drafting by failure to ensure that rental for whole term dealt with — Whether loss caused as a result of negligent drafting.