| Name | Potter-Smith Chartered Accountants |
| Publication Date | 2007 |
| Issues | Auditing, Quality Control, Services, Professional Firms |
| Disciplines | Operations Management |
| Industry | Miscellaneous Services |
| Setting | Canada, Medium organization, 1984 |
| Publication Title | Ivey Case Studies |
| Publisher/Source | Ivey Publishing |
| Author(s) | John S. Haywood-Farmer , Paul Meier , Chris J.F. Graham |
| Product Code/ISBN | 9B07D004 |
| Pages | 12 |
| Access | http://cases.ivey.uwo.ca/Cases/Pages/home.aspx?Mode=showproduct&prod=9B07D004 |
| Abstract | The director of professional standards at Potter-Smith, a growing 32-office chartered accounting firm, is preparing a report to the managing director. The report concerns a $400,000 legal action launched by a bank charging Potter-Smith with damages for issuing a faulty audit. The director of professional standards must decide if the firm's quality control procedures are adequate. |
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