DE MEZA AND STUART v. APPLE, VAN STRATEN, SHENA AND STONE

[1974] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 508

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice Brabin

Contract - Breach - Auditor employed by solicitors to complete consequential loss insurance certificates regarding fees received by solicitors - Incorrect figures inserted in certificates by auditor - Sum insured less than it ought to have been - Fire at solicitors' premises and consequential loss suffered - Whether auditor liable for breach of contract - Whether solicitors partly to blame for not noticing mistake in figures - Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945. Insurance (Consequential loss) - Under-insurance - Whether auditor to blame for supplying incorrect figures.