We are often instructed to consider detailed financial information on businesses in which the parties have an interest to identify if there are good reasons to believe that their financial performance or financial position is misrepresented. These aspects are vital in relation to business valuations and in assessing the ongoing earnings of the businesses and
Our work on matrimonial disputes often includes an evaluation of the actual income of the parties and their prospective incomes from a family business. We assess the income of one or both of the parties from a related business after careful consideration of the maintainable earnings of the business and its ability to provide a
We have an important role to play in evaluating and developing proposals for a financial settlement. Based on a consideration of the parties’ requirements, we are often instructed to assist in establishing how a settlement between the parties is to be effected by reference to the cash-flow and fiscal consequences of various proposed courses of
Our expertise in valuing shares in a family business or a business in which one or both of the parties have significant interests is often important given that such shares represent a substantial asset in many matrimonial disputes. Our “traditional” role in establishing the basis underlying the valuation of businesses entails careful scrutiny of the
After the disclosure of Forms E, the Financial Statements of each of the parties, we often have an active involvement in seeking clarification and further information in relation to data provided in the parties’ Forms E or in the supporting documentation. We assist instructing lawyers in obtaining further information to ensure that assets are included