Recent articles from Harwood Hutton
For those of us who take appointments as expert witnesses, one of the few certainties is that we are immune from suit for opinions given in evidence. Well that certainty may now be about to disappear.
The case of Paul Wynne Jones -v- Sue Kaney [2010...Posted on: 30/04/2010
Many a sale and purchase transaction has been sealed with the popping of champagne corks. But the euphoria may be short lived if the buyer subsequently feels it hasn’t got the business it bargained for. The beginning and end of such disputes ca...Posted on: 29/04/2010
Harwood Hutton partners Adam Stronach and John Brace are members of the Network of Independent Forensic Accountants (“NIFA”), and NIFA courses are accredited for CPD purposes by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
We give, therefore, se...Posted on: 26/03/2010
Owner managers of smaller managed entities often rely upon the trust of their employees and on informal controls to safeguard business assets. But a weak control environment presents the greatest opportunity for ‘insider fraud’. Our speci...Posted on: 19/02/2010
Financial disputes between parties are rare. Rarer still are those which come to trial, or before a tribunal. But helping to resolve such disputes, whether as an expert or through litigation support, requires a rigorous approach from finance people u...Posted on: 19/02/2010
Increasingly parties to a dispute are choosing to resolve their differences outside formal court processes. Many contracts now include an arbitration clause. Sale and purchase agreements frequently make provision for an expert accountant to be appoin...Posted on: 19/02/2010
The use of valuation techniques to help resolve disputes is becoming increasingly important. It may be that you simply cannot agree on the price at which you are going to buy or sell your business. Alternatively, matters may be more acrimonious and y...Posted on: 19/02/2010
You may be a person or a company who is in dispute with someone else and at some stage you need expert opinion to progress the case. Does the choice of expert matter? Whatever sort of expertise you need (from engineering expertise to accountancy expe...Posted on: 26/10/2009
British business faces a tough year as it grapples with the global credit crunch, turmoil in world markets, a slowing in the property market and rising energy costs. Certain businesses may start to feel the pressure on their profits resulting in cons...Posted on: 10/09/2009
Forensic accountants specialise in Contentious valuations, including as an expert in commercial and matrimonial actions; Expert determination assignments; Quantification of damages in loss of profits & other commercial cases and Quantification of...Posted on: 10/07/2009
Depending upon which business commentator you pick, the UK and, indeed, the world are in the midst of their worst recession for eighty years. When economies begin to slow down and the corporate sector begins to suffer, one of the outcomes is that peo...Posted on: 09/05/2009
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How to Manage the Media Around Cases
As an expert accountant I often become involved in litigation cases. Of course, the range of topics I am asked to address is usually very na...