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  Forensic Accountants
 

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Hobsons Newark Office

International House
Brunel Drive
Newark, NG24 2EG

T: 01636 702100

Forensic Accounting.

NIFA Forensic Accountants    Member of the Network of Independent Forensic Accountants

We have developed a specialist department to provide forensic accounting and litigation support. Our forensic accounting team is headed by Martin Berry BA, FCA, MAE, MEWI who is currently Chairman of NIFA (the Network of Independent Forensic Accountants). Hobsons is a founder member of this network. Martin has been in professional practice as a qualified Chartered Accountant for nearly 30 years and he is supported by another member of the Hobsons Forensic Unit: Peter Tagg FCA, MEWI who has also practiced for nearly 30 years. You may click here for a copy of Martin Berry's CV, and/or here for a copy of Peter Tagg's CV.

NIFA was launched in 1999 to create a network providing legal practices and insurers with an unrivalled, local, cost effective forensic accountancy service.  Our membership of NIFA enables us to call on a national pool of experience and knowledge in the forensic accounting field to benefit ourselves and our clients.  It also means we are kept fully informed and up-to-date with the latest developments. Membership of NIFA provides assurance to instructing parties because members must adhere to quality standards set and monitored on an annual basis by means of an independent quality assurance review. For more details please visit www.nifa.co.uk.

Our costs are extremely competitive and as with all NIFA members, we offer a free initial consultation and fixed price work. Both Martin Berry and Peter Tagg are members of the Expert Witness Institute and Martin Berry is also a Member of the Academy of Experts.

The following are areas where our forensic team has considerable experience:

Personal Injury and fatal accident claims

Past and future loss of earnings, pension losses, dependency (APIL expert 1st Tier).

Matrimonial

Valuation of incorporated and uncorporated businesses, assessment of business liquidity, advising on ways to extract funds and finding hidden wealth .

Commercial Disputes

Partnership disputes, minority shareholder, petitions, valuing shares in dispute situations, loss of profit and consequential loss.

Fraud

Assisting the defence in civil and criminal fraud cases and confiscation proceedings.

Professional negligence

Taxation, share valuation and auditing.

Single Joint Expert Witness

Martin Berry has acted as Single Joint Expert Witness in a number of different cases, providing a balanced and unbiased opinion. He also acts as expert advisor on those occasions when a party to a dispute wishes to have extra support in dealing with the Single Joint Expert.

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