Mr Mark Ballamy

Chartered Accountant

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Mark has over 30 years' experience in forensic accounting during which time he has gained considerable experience of preparing expert's reports and of giving expert evidence in both the criminal and civil Courts. He also has experience of giving expert evidence in other jurisdictions.

In the civil Courts Mark has experience of acting for both claimants and defendants in cases including financial reporting irregularities, allegations of fraud, money laundering, misappropriation of assets, intellectual property infringements, together with a wide variety of shareholder disputes. He is also experienced in the quantification of damages.

In the criminal Courts Mark has been instructed, by both the prosecution and defence, in many high profile fraud cases involving false accounting, fraudulent trading, conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, corruption, false statements by companies' directors and allegations of misleading companies' auditors.
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Mark Ballamy is a Chartered Accountant and the senior partner of Ballamy Woodhouse, a firm of Chartered Accountants established in 1998 which specialises in financial and fraud investigations.

Mark has over 20 yearsÚ experience in forensic accounting during which time he has gained vast experience of preparing expertÚs reports and of giving expert evidence in both the criminal and civil Courts.

In the civil Courts Mark has experience of acting for both claimants and defendants in cases including allegations of fraud, money laundering, misappropriation of assets, intellectual property infringements, together with a wide variety of shareholder disputes.

In the criminal Courts Mark has been instructed, by both the prosecution and defence, in many high profile fraud cases involving false accounting, fraudulent trading, conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, corruption, false statements by companiesÚ directors and allegations of misleading companiesÚ auditors.

Mark trained at Price Waterhouse and was admitted to partnership in 1991. Between 1991 and 1993 Mark was seconded to the Serious Fraud Office as an Assistant Director. Thereafter, he became the partner responsible for UK fraud investigations in the firmÚs Forensic Services department.

Mark qualified as a mediator with The Academy and is on the AcademyÚs Register of Qualified Dispute Resolvers.

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TAE Accreditations

  • Expert Witness
  • Mediator

Specialist Registers

  • ICAEW Expert Scheme

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science BSc (1979)
  • Member of the ICAEW ACA (1983)
  • Fellow of the ICAEW FCA (1994)
  • Member of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) (1998)
  • CEDR Accredited Mediator CEDR (2000)
  • Member of The Academy of Experts MAE (2008)

Expert Witness Snapshot

Mark Ballamy is a Chartered Accountant and the senior partner of Ballamy LLP. He is an Accredited Accountant Expert Witness and is an ICAEW-Accredited Forensic Accountant.

Mark has over 30 years' experience in forensic accounting during which time he has gained considerable experience of preparing expert's reports and of giving expert evidence in both the criminal and civil Courts. He also has experience of giving expert evidence in other jurisdictions.

In the civil Courts Mark has experience of acting for both claimants and defendants in cases including financial reporting irregularities, allegations of fraud, money laundering, misappropriation of assets, intellectual property infringements, together with a wide variety of shareholder disputes. He is also experienced in the quantification of damages.

In the criminal Courts Mark has been instructed, by both the prosecution and defence, in many high profile fraud cases involving false accounting, fraudulent trading, conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, corruption, false statements by companies' directors and allegations of misleading companies' auditors.

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