Professional Negligence Claims: Dealing With The Fallout From Poor Advice
No business is an island, to adapt the old adage – every company, regardless of its size or the sector it operates in, needs help ...
Just What Is Involved In A Proceeds Of Crime Case?
When a group or individual have been found guilty of a crime, we would all agree that it is imperative that justice is done. And ...
Humans Fast Approaching ‘Digital Black Hole’, Google Chief Warns
Digital information uploaded to the internet, everything from important business documents through to personal photos and videos, could be at risk of falling into a ...
Computer Forensics Becoming Central To Court Cases Of All Types
High profile court cases such as those involving the founders of the deep-web drug market Silk Road or the Boston marathon bomber have once again ...
What Happens During Proceeds Of Crime Cases Following A Criminal Conviction?
Often at the bottom of an article about fraudulent traders, drug dealers or criminal gangs you will see something to the effect of: ‘A proceeds ...
Why You Should Never Take Personal Injury Claims Lightly
There are an estimated 71,000 personal injury claims made in the UK every month, which elicits a wide range of responses from lawyers, government, the ...
Just How Complicated Are Business Valuations?
Business valuations might seem straightforward; however, as the people who walk into Dragons’ Den and ask for £100,000 for 10 per cent of their business ...
Ignore The Press, Divorce Investigations Are No Laughing Matter
Divorces never stray far from the inside pages of the world’s newspapers; from high-profile splits to bizarre reasons for separation, divorces provide a seemingly never ...
Watch Out: Government To Ramp Up Tax Investigations
The annual outing of the red briefcase is always an eagerly anticipated moment, and March’s Budget was of no exception. In fact, with it being ...
Over A Million Fraud Cases Not Reported Every Year, But Why?
As much as £12 billion worth of fraud goes unpoliced every year in the UK because fraud investigations are not seen as being as ‘sexy’ ...
What Can Frenkels Forensics Do To Assist In A Professional Negligence Case?
After being locked in a 15-year legal battle, a mother has won a £5.25 million professional negligence lawsuit against the NHS for the brain damage ...
Personal Injury Claim To Go To Supreme Court Over Lump Sum Payment
It is easy to see laws as clear cut, well-established and definitive, but in reality they are open to change and interpretation. This results in ...
When Might You Need A Business Valuation?
There are a wide range of reasons why someone might need a business valuation. One trend that is being observed lately is that business-owning members ...
Landmark Ruling Could Change Divorce Investigations Forever
A judge’s ruling on maintenance pay following a divorce could introduce major changes to the amount of money partners receive after a split. The case ...
What The Six Nations Can Tell Us About Personal Injury Claims
Sport is by its very nature a physical contest. And of all the sports few could claim to rely more on physicality than rugby. The ...
The Value Of Knowing How To Deal With HMRC During A Tax Investigation
Tax is a constant source of aggrievance and agitation, from the pain of having it taken away from your earnings in the first place through ...
Forensic Accounting Called For As Figures Reveal Increase In Fraud Cases
Fraud impacts on all levels of society, hurting both large enterprises and small businesses alike, not to mention governments and individuals. Indeed, a new study ...
Entering The M&A Market? Call On The Business Valuation Experts
As the UK’s economic recovery continues, confidence is returning to businesses in most sectors, with many now assured of their own future. The result of ...
Seeing The Full Picture In Business Valuations
When one big high street chain looks to buy another, negotiations can be difficult. This is largely because the process of valuing a business becomes ...
Is There Really A Link Between Oscars Success And Divorces Cases?
On 22 February the red carpet was rolled out as Hollywood royalty assembles for the 87th Academy Awards. Yet, while the awards are a time ...
Football Hopeful Wins Significant Damages Claim After Career-ending Heart Attack
Radwan Hamed is not a name that many football fans will know and that’s because the one-time hopeful had his career cut tragically short at ...
Why Even Small Mistakes Can Results In Large Professional Negligence Claims
In any walk of life, when something unexpectedly goes wrong the blame game invariably begins. And when the wagging finger of guilt is left point ...
Computer Forensics: Shedding Light On The Dark Web
“The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.” These are the words ...
Remove The Complexity And Tedium Of A Tax Investigation With Forensic Accounting
Tax is complicated, there’s no two ways about it. For some people, calculating percentages is enough of a hurdle to stumble over; when you throw ...
Personal Injury Claims: How Forensic Accounting Delivers A Fair Conclusion For Both Sides
Let’s face it, not a day goes by without personal injury claims appearing on your television set or making their way into your newspaper – ...
Untangling The Complicated Financial Consequences Of Clinical Negligence
The NHS faced £1.1 billion worth of clinical negligence claims in 2014, new figures have shown. This figure means that £1 in every £100 of ...
Banks Must Do More To Regain Confidence After Mis-sold Swaps Scandal
Banks across the UK need to do more to regain the trust and confidence of individuals and businesses, the Bank of England (BoE) has said. ...
Unhappy New Year: Black Monday and January’s Spike In Divorce Investigations
January reigns supreme on the Gregorian calendar for, upsettingly, being the month of the year with the most divorces being filed. With the post-New Year ...
The Rise Of ‘Cyber Special Agents’ And The Importance Of Computer Forensics
The past 12 months have been filled with hacking incidents on an almost daily basis – it is a crime that is becoming increasingly prevalent, ...
How Not To Get Caught Out By Tricky Tax Issues
The New Year arrives and no sooner has the headache cleared and the empty bottles been cleared away than the real work begins. For many ...
Five Years On And The Mis-Sold Swaps Scandal Lives On
It was over five years ago when, in March 2009, the base rate was cut to a record-low of 0.5 per cent. Far from being ...
How Forensic Accounting Can Save On The Legal Costs Of A Divorce
It was Hollywood film star Cary Grant who once remarked that “divorce is a game played by lawyers”. It is a view that one of ...
Cutting Through The Hype: Using Forensic Accounting For Fair Business Valuations
Business valuations: they are figures that should be based on complex analysis but are often plucked out of the air by the owner of a ...
Forensic accounting in professional negligence claims
Professional negligence cases only tend to hit the headlines when they involve huge amounts of money. A recent example was the £80 million bill that ...
Councils Pay Out Over £100 Million In Personal Injury Claims
Local councils have paid out more than £100 million on compensation claims over the past five years, figures obtained by the Mail Online following a ...
How Our Digital Footprints Can Be Tracked In Legal Cases
Our lives today are somewhat paradoxical; on the one hand we fervently demand the highest security for all of our online data, yet at the ...
Repaying Proceeds Of Crime: Where Do You Draw The Line?
Those who partake in criminal activity to gain monetary funds do not always come to that point on the basis of greed; many are driven ...
Defending A Tax Fraud Case – With Stunning Results
Countless jauntily stacked boxes filled to the brim with paper, spreadsheets with thousands of rows of transaction data – when tax investigations begin it is ...
Don’t Get In A Spin Over Carousel Fraud
Carousel fraud might sound like fun and games but it is a big problem for the Government and one that they are actively clamping down ...
Keep Your Christmas Merry: The Role of Forensic Accountants in Personal Injury Claims
With Christmas fast approaching people are frantically making all the necessary preparations for the festive period. Yet while this ought to be a time of ...