Digital Forensics Market To Grow In Value As Demand Soars
The global digital forensics market is set to grow at pace over the coming years as demand for experts able to decipher computer activity goes ...
Could Online Divorces Become A Real Thing?
We live in a world where almost all aspects of our lives are moving online. Whether it is banking, shopping, speaking to friends or watching ...
HMRC Failing To Answer Phones: Time To Call In The Forensic Accountants
Tax is a difficult and often stressful subject, and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has not been doing its part to alleviate these troubles. ...
Northern Ireland and Wales NHS Medical Negligence Payouts Total £300 Million
Between 2011 and 2014, the five health trusts that make up the NHS in Northern Ireland faced 570 medical negligence claims, which saw payouts total ...
Business Valuations Are Key When Partnerships Break Down
Everywhere you look in the business world there are partnerships. From small family-run operations through to exciting tech startups, a huge number of businesses begin ...
Personal Injury Claims: Putting A Price On An Injury
Wolverhampton council has paid out more than £1 million in compensation resulting from personal injury claims in the past five years. This is according to ...
Proceeds Of Crime: How To Decide How Much Should Be Repaid
It stands to reason that if an individual or group profits through breaking the law then they ought to pay this money back once found ...
School Admission Fraud Investigations Treble Since 2012
Fraud can come in many shapes and sizes, which means it is often happening in places one would not expect to find it. An investigation ...
Computer Forensics: Prosecutors Must Keep Pace With The Criminals
The world of crime has changed drastically in recent years, and with it prosecutors and police forces have been forced to evolve as well. Whether ...
Landmark Ruling Could Open Floodgates For Divorce Investigations
A landmark case in October is likely to have a major impact on future divorce investigations, lawyers have predicted. In a landmark decision, seven Supreme ...
Computer Forensics: Prosecutors Must Keep Pace With The Criminals
The world of crime has changed drastically in recent years, and with it prosecutors and police forces have been forced to evolve as well. Whether ...
Scottish Tax Investigations Targeting Capone-like Gangsters
Tax investigations have been launched in Scotland targeting gangsters that have been likened to Al Capone, it was reported in October. HM Revenue and Customs ...
Postponed Surgeries Could Prompt Rise In Medical Negligence Claims
Medical negligence can take a lot of different forms, including poor medical advice, surgical mistakes or healthcare professionals not acting in a timely fashion. When ...
One In Four Suffer Personal Injury: How Can Forensics Accounting Help?
New statistics have revealed just how common personal injuries are – with one in four people in the UK having suffered one – as well ...
Playing The Long Game: Uncovering Proceeds Of Crime For Long-Term Dodgy Dealings
While bank robberies might make for better film plots, the most lucrative crimes are often far less glamourous. Not only that, but they are often ...
Picking Your Way Through The Long List Of Fraud Investigations
As it covers such a wide range of different crimes, fraud investigations are commonplace in courts up and down the country. In September a review ...
Global Digital Forensics Market Set For Rapid Growth
The global digital forensics market is set to grow at pace, as computer forensics becomes more important for businesses of all shapes and sizes. This ...
Women More Likely To Initiate A Divorce Than Men
Women are more likely than men to ask for a divorce, with an increasing number of females unhappy about the lack of gender equality in ...
Medical Negligence Claims: What To Do When Something Goes Wrong
As a patient entering a hospital, a huge amount of faith is placed in the skills of the doctors and nurses on hand to treat ...
Tax Complexity Opens Doors To Tax Investigations
Such is the complexity involved in the tax system, it is almost inevitable that tax investigations will be necessary to address intentionally or accidentally fraudulent ...
Avoiding Guesswork During A Business Valuation
Whether it is a homebuyer looking for a property, a football club looking for a centre forward or a serial investor looking for a business ...
How Can Forensic Accounting Help With Cases Of Mesothelioma?
New figures have shown that the number deaths caused by mesothelioma is still worryingly high across the UK. Mesothelioma is a lung disease caused by ...
Proceeds Of Crime Case Finally Catches Up With Waste Trader
‘One man’s waste is another man’s gold’ is how the old adage goes, and a recent story about a proceeds of crime case in Darlington ...
Why Fraud Investigations Need Outside Help
Cases of fraud are reportedly on the rise since the change to the pension rules earlier this year. As over-55s are now allowed to withdraw ...
Ashley Madison Hack Illustrates Value Of Computer Forensics
The high profile data breach at Ashley Madison may not have been met with huge swathes of sympathy from the general public, but it has ...
Employee Theft Investigation
We were instructed by the new owners of a well established restaurant to investigate theft by the general manager (GM) and others over a 2 ...
‘Silver Splitters’ On The Rise Following Changes To Pension Rules
The number of over-55s getting a divorce in the UK is on the rise due to the Chancellor’s changes to pension rules. George Osborne revealed ...
Tax Investigations To Rise As HMRC Shifts Its Focus To Smaller Targets
As the UK government continues its clampdown on people not paying their taxes, those further down the pecking order can also expect to be thrust ...
Opposition Mounts Over Plans To Cap Medical Negligence Claims
As the UK government continues its clampdown on people not paying their taxes, those further down the pecking order can also expect to be thrust ...
Would Proper Business Valuations Kill All The Unicorn Companies?
Several years ago the term ‘unicorn companies’ was first coined and now, in the world of business valuations, there has been a lot of attention ...
Digital Forensics Market Set For Substantial Growth
The digital forensics market is set to experience substantial growth as it becomes an increasingly integral part of all manner of court cases both in ...
Personal Injury Claims Are No Laughing Matter
Strange stories about bizarre personal injury claims are bread and butter for Britain’s local and national newspapers. One of the most recent tales doing the ...
Why Forensic Accounting Is Essential In Proceeds Of Crime Investigations
When someone is found guilty of a crime, the next questions that must be asked is did they profit from that crime and what the ...
Forensic Accounting Could Fill Support Gap Left By Action Fraud
People needing help in dealing with fraud ought to enter into civil proceedings, according to one expert, after it was revealed the government-backed national fraud ...
NHS Medical Negligence Bill Exceeds £1.1 Billion
The NHS paid out more than £1.1 billion on medical negligence claims in 2014/15 and the figure is expected to exceed £1.4 billion over the ...
Divorce Centres Will Not Alter The Need For Proper Forensic Accounting Investigations
A new initiative could see ‘divorce centres’ created across the UK that will enable married couples to complete a split in as little as 24 ...
HMRC Planning Tax Investigations For Landlords
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is constantly on the look out for those who are not paying their tax and one group firmly in ...
Why Are Business Valuations So Important In Helping Financial Deals To Progress?
If ever any evidence was needed into just how difficult financial negotiations can be, one need only look at the ongoing Greek Euro crisis. Now, ...
Slip And Trip Fraud Is On The Up – What Can Forensic Accounting Do?
The number of fraudulent insurance liability claims, which are more commonly known as ‘slip and trip’ claims, increased substantially last year, new figures have shown. ...
Forensic Accounting Plays An Important Role In Tackling Pension Fraud
The stress and sense of discomfort that comes from knowing someone has tricked you out of your money through fraud is hard to comprehend until ...