After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) with Spicer & Pegler (now Deloittes), Ian worked in a managerial capacity with Price Waterhouse (Kenya), Commonwealth Development Corporation (Tanzania, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) and KPMG. Formerly Senior Manager responsible for the North West forensic Accounting Department of KPMG, he formed one of the first practices specialising in forensic accounting in 1988.

Ian has acted as an Expert Witness in several thousand cases involving forensic accounting. He has been instructed by both claimant and defendant solicitors to advise the Court on claims for loss of profits and other matters as a Forensic Accountant and Expert Witness.

He has been instructed as a Joint Expert on many occasions. In addition, he has been instructed by The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to advise on quantum of loss of earnings in criminal cases.

He has given evidence in The Royal Courts of Justice on several occasions, together with many appearances in the High Court, Crown Court, County Court, Tax Tribunals and Employer Tribunals.

Areas include:

Forensic Accounting; accountancy disputes; business disputes; personal injury including medical negligence; fatal accident claims; insurance claims; loss of earnings and pension claims/rights; valuations and disputes; arbitration services and expert determination.

Professional negligence; divorce investigations and valuations; fraud and regulatory investigations; money laundering and proceeds of crime act applications; mediation; quantum loss of earnings in criminal cases (injury/death); probate.

ICAEW Accredited Forensic Accountant and Expert Witness. Licensed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry out the reserved legal activity of non-contentious probate in England and Wales.

I am also a registered auditor.