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[Brief_CV] => Chris Makin is a chartered accountant with a wealth of experience in dispute resolution of many kinds.
He started in general practice, taking over a run-down practice as a sole practitioner, and built it up, gaining lots of experience as auditor, financial accountant, tax accountant and father confessor to about 500 clients, ranging from sole traders to PLCs. After a series of mergers, he became a partner in an international firm with 250 partners. Having by then become a well-known forensic accountant, he left with his team to start the Leeds office of a national firm, building that into a full service office and then becoming national head of litigation.
He now practises alone (again!) as a forensic accountant, mediator and expert determiner.
Chris is accredited as a forensic accountant by ICAEW, as expert witness by TAE, as both mediator and expert determiner by TAE, and as mediator by CIArb.
He has 30 years experience as an expert witness, 25 years as an expert determiner, and 18 years as a mediator. He has given expert evidence at least 100 times, written at least 600 expert reports (who\'s counting?), and conducted over 100 mediations with a consistent 80% settlement rate.
He is a frequent lecturer, and writes many articles for legal journals; also a past contributor to Kemp & Kemp \"The Quantum of Damages\".
[Mediator_CV] => \"Great mediator...all disputes should if possible be settled this way\" - feedback from a satisfied party.
For Chris\'s experience in dispute resolution generally, see his Brief CV.
Chris offers mediation as part of his range of dispute resolution services. He is also a very experienced expert witness and expert determiner.
He has mediated over 100 disputes with an 80% settlement rate. Subjects handled go well beyond traditional accountancy subjects (partner and director disputes, share valuations, business and contractual disputes etc) into personal injury, professional negligence, ToLATA and Inheritance Act, (very) expensive motor cars, construction, boundary and rights of way, housing disrepair, defamation... Need one go on? The point is that Chris establishes both authority and understanding with the parties to disputes and is often complimented on his quick grasp of technicalities and his empathy with the parties.
There is much more about his mediation services on his website - now with videos!
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Previously head of a full-time department of 10 including 7 other Qualified Accountants, now practises as a freelance
Produced over 600 Expert Reports
Given Expert Evidence over 60 times.
Acted as advocate in contentious hearing before General Commissioners of Income Tax.
SJE trained and experienced.
Undertaken Expert Determinations for President of Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Mediations conducted to date have achieved a 95% settlement rate.
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[Brief_CV2] => Summary of Qualifications
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Admitted 1968, Fellow 1979; Fellow of the Academy of Experts, Practising. Admitted 1990, fellow 1994;
Qualified commercial mediator (Member of faculty, Academy of Experts) 1998;
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management 1984;
Member and Accredited Mediator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2006;
Panel member, Association of Northern Mediators;
Panel member, Middlesex & Thames Valley Mediators;
Professional Experience
Partner or Principal in the international firm of Mazars Neville Russell or predecessor firms continuously from April 1971 to October 1998
Partner in the national firm of Bentley Jennison 1998 to 2003, latterly National Head of Litigation
Consultant to Bentley Jennison in litigation support from October 2003 to March 2006
Freelance expert accountant and commercial mediator to date
General Practice Experience
Accountancy, Audit, Taxation and general business advice, wide variety of clients;
Support member, or confidential counsellor, for chartered accountants with ethical problems. Spokesman on forensic accounting for the West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants;
Committee member, Litigation Support group, Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Mediation Experience
Acted as mediator in:
partnership
director
share valuation
company sale & purchase
Section 994
construction
rights of way & boundaries
defamation
intellectual property
professional negligence
business interruption
housing disrepair
ToLATA
employment and
many kinds of contract disputes
Frequent lecturer on mediation matters
Trained in advanced mediation techniques
Participated in mock mediations to demonstrate the power of mediation to judges, barristers & solicitors
Litigation Support Experience
Involvement in both civil and criminal matters, covering the following areas:
loss of profit and consequential loss
business & share valuations
matrimonial valuations
partnership disputes
professional negligence
criminal & commercial fraud investigations
personal injury & fatal accident
drug trafficking etc asset tracing
Attendance at Court & meetings of experts. Appointments as SJE. Given expert evidence about 70 times
Expert determinations appointed by the Court, by the parties, & by President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Past contributor to Kemp & Kemp "The Quantum of Damages", and author of a chapter in that work on quantification of loss of profits for the self-employed and family businesses
Frequent lecturer to professionals and writer for professional journals
Committee member, Forensic Special Interest Group, Institute of Chartered Accountants
Member, Investigations Committee, The Academy of Experts
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