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Law Society v KPMG to go ahead

Refusal of leave to appeal by the House of Lords will allow a Law Society negligence claim against accountancy giant KPMG. The case hinges on allegedly negligent audit of the accounts of Sussex law firm Durnford Ford with failure to spot anomalies that would have triggered earlier intervention by the Law Society before the level of fraud rose above £7mn.

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