Forensic Accounting

Damages Considerations In Complex Litigation – CLE Session

Thumbnail image for Damages Considerations In Complex Litigation – CLE Session by Adam Giliberti 4 February 2012

Thank you for your interest in the above CLE Session. Adam Giliberti, a Chartered Accountant with 16 years litigation experience providing expert opinions as a forensic accountant and business valuer, will simplify the difficult issues which feature in complex damages matters and address: when and why experts use discount rates to calculate economic loss; how damages principles apply in quantifying economic loss; what [...]

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Business Valuations For Lawyers Video

Thumbnail image for Business Valuations For Lawyers Video by Arnold Shields 31 January 2012

A replay of our Business Valuations 101  for Lawyers seminar that we held at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. Many people have asked for copies of the seminar papers as they could not make it. It has been a while coming due to a number of technical issues that we have now thankfully resolved. Free CLE of 40 minutes.   [...]

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Not Again! – Bookkeeper Fraud

Thumbnail image for Not Again! – Bookkeeper Fraud by Arnold Shields 20 January 2012

I just had another call from another business owner who has found that his bookkeeper had been stealing from his business. The circumstances in almost every call we get are frighteningly simillar. The bookkeeper had been a trusted employee and had used internet banking to transfer money from the company bank account to her own accounts. The transactions were usually [...]

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What You Can Measure, You Can Manage for Lawyers and Business Owners

Thumbnail image for What You Can Measure, You Can Manage for Lawyers and Business Owners by Adam Giliberti 18 January 2012

One of the difficulties I have as a business advisor is to persuade business owners to spend less time working in their business and more time working on it. This can be a scary proposition for many business owners, particularly those with deep expertise and experience in the product, market or industry they operate in as they feel that no [...]

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Post-Judgment Interest Calculator

Thumbnail image for Post-Judgment Interest Calculator by Arnold Shields 3 November 2011

We have just released our post-judgment interest calculator which quickly provides detailed calculations of post-judgment interest. The calculator used the Reserve Bank of Australia Cash Rate plus 6% in accordance with the process of harmonising the rules in respect of post and pre judgment interest. The various jurisdictions that it covers are: Federal Court of Australia NSW Uniform Civil Procedure [...]

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Signs When A Company Is In Trouble

Thumbnail image for Signs When A Company Is In Trouble by Arnold Shields 17 October 2011

Have you got a customer that is not paying it’s bills? How can you tell if a company is in financial trouble? There are a number of signs that a company is in trouble. These include: There is an increase in creditors calling for payment. This can be seen in the financial statements by examining the creditors days and seeing [...]

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Money does not grow on trees!

Thumbnail image for Money does not grow on trees! by Adam Giliberti 9 September 2011

Over the past decade or so, Australia has seen a number of Managed Investment Schemes (“MIS”) offering investors the opportunity to acquire an ‘agribusiness’ – the prime examples being schemes offered by Timbercorp, Great Southern and Palandri which all involve investments in a plantation of sorts – eg olives, grapes, almonds etc.  These MIS schemes have failed, leaving many investors with a worthless asset as well [...]

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