Services

Business interruption loss and damages quantification

Paul has extensive experience in the analysis and quantification of damages and loss of value in a dispute context, including insured and uninsured commercial business interruption, expropriation, breach of contract, personal injury, wrongful death and inventory theft or damage, both as expert and arbiter.

Business valuation

Paul has valued businesses in a wide range of industries, bringing an analytical and practical mindset to the practice of business and asset valuation, as well as an ability to explain technical concepts to our clients in simple, easy to grasp terms. Paul enjoys analyzing complicated valuation problems as well as the challenge of articulating the impact of that analysis in clear, plain language. With more than 35 years in professional accounting and expert witness experience in Court, Paul is more than happy to assist clients in non-dispute related matters such as shareholder re-organizations for income tax, succession or buyout purposes.

Investigative & forensic accounting

Over the years, Paul has investigated and quantified losses relating to fraud and misappropriation, in both personal and corporate schemes, in a variety of industries. Paul enjoys melding his strong analytical, investigative and interviewing skills with his training in psychology, bringing a unique understanding of both “the numbers” and the human condition.

Paul has detected and quantified losses due to misappropriation in a wide range of schemes, involving losses from the tens of thousands of dollars to the millions. Paul has on numerous occasions identified documents which have been fabricated or altered in an attempt to mislead the reader. Paul assists clients in need of improved internal control procedures to give them greater comfort that their assets are protected from theft. An accomplished educator, Paul has designed and delivered a positively received fraud investigation course at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Common engagements

Paul is regularly retained in matters involving:

  • Commercial damages analysis in the context of Breach of contract, product liability and tort
  • Matrimonial business valuation, guideline income & forensic investigation
  • Business interruption, delay and liability claims under commercial insurance policies
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Corporate re-organizations for income tax purposes
  • Personal injury
  • Wrongful death
  • Employee theft
  • Losses due to fraudulent investment schemes