In conducting matters on behalf of insurers or other clients, legal advisers require assistance on the accuracy, validity and overall reasonability of the quantum of statements of claim.

Our firm’s qualified Chartered Accountants use their business acumen gained from local and international work experience to develop an understanding of the nature of the business processes of organisations where losses are alleged to have occurred. Our understanding of business documentation and procedures is used to identify the documentation needed to quantify the loss. This knowledge assists legal representatives in identifying the documents, records and questions that need to be called for and posed in Discovery procedures. Our experience in project management assists in monitoring of the claim review, adjustment and settlement process.

We pride ourselves in presenting reports that are readable and understandable. This is achieved through the inclusion in reports of:

• An executive summary that sets out the key findings
• Explanations of the nature of the business and circumstances in which the loss occurred
• Glossary’s of terms to explain terms and abbreviations that are used in the report
• Columns in tables of workings that explain the sequence of the calculations arithmetic to the reader
• Cross-referencing that allows the reader to easily locate earlier workings that are referred to
• Judicious use of photographs, diagrams and charts where these assist the reader in understanding the content of the report
• Appendices that contain relevant supporting documents and further detailed explanations should these be required by the reader
• Acknowledgements, summaries of assumptions and a listing of documents referred to, to ensure compliance with court rules and guidelines on expert reports

Lawyers are then able to present a credible, thorough, readable expert report to court, mediation or arbitration.

We are familiar with the witness box and have undergone rigorous cross-examination in local as well as overseas courts.

Summaries of matters that our employees have been involved in are set out in the résumé’s included in the Our people page.

Lawyers that have used the services of our personnel have been able to save their Defendant clients millions of dollars.