Services
Litigation Support & Advisory
Advisory support throughout financial remedy proceedings, reviewing opposing expert reports, disclosure review, and counsel preparation.
Overview
Advisory support throughout financial remedy proceedings, reviewing the opposing expert's report, advising on financial strategy, identifying weaknesses in Form E disclosure, helping family solicitors understand complex accounting or valuation issues, and preparing counsel for cross-examination of financial witnesses.
When to instruct
Wherever a family solicitor needs financial analytical support without a formal expert report.
Advisory Support Without a Formal Expert Report
Not every financial issue in divorce requires a formal expert witness report. Litigation support provides your instructing solicitor with independent forensic accounting advice behind the scenes: reviewing disclosure, critiquing the opposing expert, and preparing questions for cross-examination.
This service is particularly valuable at the early stages of financial remedy proceedings, before directions for expert evidence are made, or where the issue is narrow and does not justify a full court-appointed expert.
What Litigation Support Includes
- Review of Form E and supporting financial disclosure
- Critique of the opposing party's expert report
- Identification of weaknesses in valuation methodology or assumptions
- Advisory notes on financial strategy and settlement parameters
- Preparation of questions for counsel to use in cross-examination
- Attendance at counsel conferences on financial issues
- Review of draft consent orders with financial schedules
When to Instruct
Instruct litigation support when you need a forensic accountant's analytical input but do not yet require, or do not need, a formal expert report for court. Common scenarios include pre-FDR preparation, rebuttal of an opposing valuation, and advising a lay client on complex business or pension issues before mediation.