Quantification of losses as a result of the termination of a commercial agency contract
Also instructed to quantify the counterclaim brought as a result of the agency termination.
Determine the value of an ex-director’s shareholding in a digital marketing agency
Appointed as the expert to determine the value of an ex-director’s shareholding in a digital marketing agency.
Appointed as the expert advisor to a shareholder involved in an unfair dismissal claim
The articles of association set out the basis on which the leaver’s shares were to be valued but there was a significant dispute as to whether he was a good or bad leaver.
Instructed to review and comment on an expert report assessing a loss of dependency
Instructed by the claimant to review and comment on an expert report assessing the loss of dependency arising from the death of his wife, with whom the claimant ran a photography business.
Valuation of interest in a group of companies operating in corporate identity and brand management
The group structure was complex and the bank had been heavily involved recently in monitoring it’s performance.
Valuation of interest in a business manufacturing luxury bathroom products
Valuation of the husband’s interest in a business manufacturing luxury bathroom products and to comment on the taxation implications of a sale or transfer of shares.
Valuation of interest in a business distributing yarns
Appointed by the husband to value his interest in a business distributing yarns. Also instructed to comment on the husband’s sustainable earnings drawn from the business.
Valuation of interest in a property investment company
Appointed as an independent expert by the wife to value the husband’s interest in a property investment company.
Valuation of a high end restaurant business and a gastropub
Also instructed to consider the taxation implications of a sale or transfer of shares.
Valuation of a property development company owned jointly by the couple
Also instructed to comment on the taxation implications of a sale or transfer of shares.
Valuation of a family run travel agency prior to the transfer of the husbands shares to a family member
Also instructed to comment on the current value of the husband’s interest had no transfer taken place and the income that could have been expected to have been received.
Valuation of a London based restaurant business and a property investment company
Valuation of a London based restaurant business and a property investment company which owned the freehold from which the restaurant business operated.
Valuation of interest in a family owned haulage business
Also instructed to comment on the taxation implications of a sale or transfer of shares.
Valuation of a facilities management company owned largely as a joint shareholding of the husband and wife
Instructed to comment on the taxation implications of a sale or transfer of shares and of funds withdrawn by the husband to finance a house purchase.
Valuation of a company providing insurance consulting services, primarily to clients based in the Far East.
Also instructed to comment on the taxation implications of a sale or transfer of shares and the level of the husband’s sustainable remuneration.
Valuation of a company operating a boutique hair salon
Valuation of a company operating a boutique hair salon. Also instructed to calculate the value of the company six years previously.
Valuation of a company providing employee benefit schemes
Also instructed to comment on the liquidity of the company and the sustainable remuneration which could be extracted by the husband.
Valuation of interest in a company providing development software and consultancy services to the residential housing sector
Also instructed to comment on the husband’s ability to draw income from the company and the tax implications.
Valuation of a children’s nursery
Instructed to comment on the ways in which value could be realised by a sale or transfer of shares and the tax consequences. Also instructed to comment on the liquidity of the company and the maintainable future income.
Valuation of a company operating a fleet of ready-mix concrete delivery vehicles
The valuation was complex due to upcoming legislative changes in the industry and actions taken by the husband in responding thereto.
Valuation of interest in a group of companies involved in the manufacture of playground equipment for wholesale
Also instructed to comment on the capital value of the husband’s business interests if a put/call option to purchase further shares in the future was exercised.
Valuation of interest in a group of architecture practises
Also instructed to comment on the liquidity of the company including the ability and tax implications of the extraction of capital.
Valuation of the historic and future income of a health & safety consultancy company
Also instructed to comment on the ability of the husband to extract capital from the company.
Valuation of a recruitment company focused on the IT industry
Valuation of a recruitment company focused on the IT industry. Also instructed to comment on the tax liabilities on the disposal of the husband’s shares and the disposal of the parties’ jointly owned holiday property.
Valuation of a company providing access to legal services
Also instructed to comment on the funds which could be distributed by the company.