Baker Tilly Merali's

The duty of an expert witness is to help the court (or other investigator of the facts) by unravelling usually complex financial data and providing an opinion.

The impartial assessment of evidence by an expert in the relevant field, and the inferences and conclusions that may be agreed to by that expert, are essential to the courts hearing cases that involve complex and specialised subjects.

As specialists in forensic accountancy, we produce reports and opinions to assist in the resolution of claims and disputes over accounts and financial transactions.

The Baker Tilly Merali’s team calls upon relevant expertise from across the group, according to the nature of the case.

We can summon industry specialists, tax specialists, corporate finance or insolvency experts, whose knowledge and opinion might be relevant to the interpretation of the facts.

We have acted as experts for one party, single joint experts, and as 'shadow' experts.

Our reports form the basis of the opinion we give in the witness box, so they must always be prepared to a standard that bears the scrutiny of the court. Our experts have given evidence in court on numerous occasions.

Work types that we have covered include:

• fraud cases
• commercial claims
• partnership disputes
• share valuations (S459 and the like)
• security for costs applications
• matrimonial cases
• IT cases
• personal injury.