Stringer v Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co - [2000] 1 NZLR 450

Law practitioners — Solicitors' nominee companies — Auditors — Audit of solicitors' nominee company — Whether immunity from civil proceedings for persons appointed to perform functions under Law Practitioners Act 1982 applied to auditors — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, s 4.

Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Auditors — Audit of solicitors' nominee companies — Whether auditors owing duty of care to solicitors — Law Practitioners Act 1982 — Solicitors Audit Regulations 1987 (SR 1987/333).