In Williamson v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, 9 NY3d 1 (2007) the Court of Appeals recognized that "continuous representation" does not apply to a continuing general relationship between the parties. Rather, the Court held "that the nature and scope of the parties' retainer agreement [engagement] plays a key role in determining whether continuous representation' was contemplated by the parties." In Williamson the Court of Appeals found that the continuous representation doctrine did not apply because, for the years in question, the plaintiff entered into annual engagements with the defendant for the provision of separate and discrete audit services for plaintiff's year end financial statements and, "once defendant performed the services for a particular year, no further work as to that year was undertaken."