Expert Witness Snapshot

I have more than 35 years experience of providing forensic accounting and expert witness services to law firms and clients in matrimonial and commercial proceedings. I have been instructed in numerous divorce cases requiring valuations of companies and businesses in many different fields. I have given evidence in the High Court and the Central Family Court many times.  My reported cases are NA v MA [2006] EWHC 2900 (Fam); J v J [2009] EWHC 2654 (Fam); R v R [2009] EWHC 1267 (Fam), Goddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2016] EWHC 3000 (Fam) and CB v KB [2019] EWFC 78.

I have presented lectures on how to value companies and businesses in matrimonial proceedings; on tax issues relating to divorce; and on how to interpret company accounts at leading Family Law firms, at Barristers\' Chambers (1 Hare Court, Queen Elizabeth Building and One King\'s Bench Walk) and at various conferences.

I have extensive experience of all aspects of matrimonial disputes including:
* Reporting on the values and liquidity of companies and businesses.
* Reporting on sustainable income.
* Investigating the completeness of financial disclosures.
* Assisting in the preparation of Forms E and Questionnaires in complex cases.
* Advising on tax efficient structuring of settlements.
* Advising in the capacity of a shadow expert.

I have always adopted a sensitive and practical approach to my work as my preference is for the parties to reach a settlement without having to go to court.