Reply to post: Re: report demolishes Lynch's defence ... not sure.

HPE urges judge to pick through Deloitte-bashing report it claims demolishes Autonomy founder's defence

Roland6 Silver badge

Re: report demolishes Lynch's defence ... not sure.

>Similarly and specifically to this case , if a business employs an auditor, the business is nevertheless responsible for any consequences of relying on the resulting audit.

Well HPE only need to look to their own board room - they employed auditors and relied on the resulting audit by telling everyone they were conducting due diligence etc. and assuming it would find everything in order and so didn't bother actually reading the reports...

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