Lighthouse Consultants provides forensic financial analysis for litigation claims and commercial disputes. We examine records, quantify losses and explain the assumptions and evidence behind the figures. The scope and intended use of the findings are agreed before instruction.
Book a free consultation to discuss the disputed figures, available records and deadlines with us. You can also read about our team before the discussion.
Start with the disputed amount, transaction or calculation. Depending on the matter, financial analysis may examine lost revenue or profit, the period of a claimed loss, relevant costs and the assumptions behind competing figures.
Work should connect each material calculation to the available accounts, contracts and supporting records, and explain gaps or limitations. Discuss the issues and intended use of the findings with your solicitor when agreeing the scope.
Depending on the agreed scope and records available, work may include:
What should I prepare? Bring a short chronology, the figures in dispute, any deadline and details of your solicitor. List the available contracts, management accounts, invoices, bank statements and correspondence. Start with a summary; agree a secure way to share confidential records before sending them.
How are scope, timing and fees agreed? Discuss the financial questions, records available, proposed team and intended report. Ask for the work, deliverables, timetable, fees and treatment of additional work to be set out before instruction. Our guide to expert witness fees explains the questions to ask.
For expert evidence in civil proceedings in England and Wales, the expert’s duty to help the court takes priority over obligations to the instructing client. See Civil Procedure Rules 35.3. Discuss the proposed expert’s relevant expertise and any court directions with your solicitor.
Specialised knowledge in forensic accounting and financial litigation claims.
Reports that explain the financial findings, source records, calculations and limits of the analysis.
Financial opinions within the instructed expert’s expertise, with the evidence, assumptions and limitations explained.
Book a free consultation to discuss the disputed figures, available financial records and deadlines. We can review the proposed scope, reporting needs and fees with you and your solicitor before you decide whether to instruct us.
