Gu v Kam & Beadman Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1350

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gu v Kam & Beadman Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1350 Hearing dates: 19, 20, 21, 29 September 2022 Date of orders: 29 September 2022 Decision date: 06 October 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendants. (2) Order the plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings, including any reserved costs. Catchwords: NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care — Particular relationships — accountant and client — factual case — whether negligent advice given — where evidence showed such advice not given EVIDENCE — credibility — importance of contemporaneous documents Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 5D Duties Act 1997 (NSW), ss 68, 163B, 163H Taxation Administration Act 1996 (Cth), s 50 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.1 Cases Cited: Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Onassis v Vergottis [1968] 2 Lloyds Rep 403 Rippon v Chilcotin (2001) 53 NSWLR 198; [2001] NSWCA 142 The Nominal Defendant v Cordin [2017] NSWCA 6 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Qingrong Gu (Plaintiff) Kam and Beadman Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Robert Kam and Nigel Stuart William Beadman trading as Kam and Beadman (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Priestley SC (Plaintiff) D Lloyd SC / G Marsden (Defendants)