When should solicitors seek financial analysis?

An early review is useful when the value of a claim depends on disputed accounts, transactions or lost profit. It can identify the records and assumptions needed before a formal expert instruction.

Can you test the opposing calculation?

Yes. We compare its assumptions and figures with source records, identify points that do not reconcile and explain material differences.

Is every report an expert report for court?

No. The scope may be advisory analysis for a legal team or independent expert evidence for proceedings. We agree the purpose and reporting requirements at the outset.

Can you assess lost profits?

We examine the available trading evidence and the assumptions needed to estimate the financial position with and without the disputed event. The approach depends on the facts of the claim.

Do you work with litigation solicitors?

Yes. We agree the financial questions, documents and timetable with the instructing team before starting the analysis.

Can you assess construction contract quantum?

We can review financial records, stage valuations and disputed quantum under a JCT contract within an agreed scope. Solicitors remain responsible for interpreting and drafting the contract.

How do the free consultation and fixed fees work?

The first one-hour consultation is free. We use it to understand the matter and available records. If the work is suitable, we agree a fixed fee before paid analysis begins. Fees start from £1,250; the quoted amount depends on the agreed scope.

Commercial litigation

Commercial litigation
that can be tested.

We analyse the financial issues in commercial litigation, including disputed transactions, lost profits and the value of contested interests.

Commercial DisputesLoss QuantificationFinancial EvidenceExpert Reports

Credentials

Why solicitors instruct Key Ledgers.

Independent forensic accounting and financial analysis. Where instructed to give expert evidence in civil proceedings, our primary duty is to the court.

150+Expert Witness Instructions

20+Years in Practice

FCCAFellow of ACCA

CPR 35Expert Evidence

How We Work

How does Key Ledgers approach commercial litigation?

Identify the disputed figures

We agree the loss, transaction or financial position that the claim requires us to examine.

Analyse the evidence

We review records and test calculations and assumptions against the available facts.

Present the result

We set out the method and conclusions for negotiation, mediation or proceedings as instructed.

Why Key Ledgers

What makes the
critical difference.

A commercial claim may turn on a disputed financial position, the amount of loss alleged or the assumptions used in another party’s calculation.

Define the Claim

We identify the precise financial question before selecting records or modelling a claimed loss.

Test the Counterfactual

Where lost profit is in issue, the calculation separates documented performance from assumptions about what might have happened.

Explain the Evidence

We present calculations and remaining disagreements in a form that solicitors and Counsel can examine.

FCCA and Registered Auditor

Bharat Varsani is a Fellow of ACCA and a registered auditor. His forensic profile sets out his professional background.

Read Bharat's forensic profile

Expert Witness Experience

He has received more than 150 expert witness instructions involving business interruption and loss quantification, and has given evidence in High Court proceedings.

Agreed Scope and Fee

We use the free first hour to understand the issue, then quote a fixed fee before paid work begins.

Who We Work With

Who instructs us for commercial litigation?

Commercial Solicitors

A claim involves disputed financial evidence or loss.

Counsel

Financial calculations need explanation ahead of a hearing.

Businesses

A commercial dispute has material financial consequences.

Professional Advisers

An independent review of competing figures is required.

What You Receive

Clear findings for the agreed instruction.

We can prepare financial schedules, explain the basis of a loss calculation, review competing figures and, where instructed as an expert, provide a report for the proceedings.

Loss analysis
A calculation with the relevant inputs and assumptions identified.
Evidence review
A documented assessment of records and competing financial positions.
Written report or schedules
Findings presented in the form agreed for the matter.

Illustrative scenario

Example, not a client case

A typical financial question

A business claims it lost profit following a disputed event. The financial analysis can reconstruct the likely trading position and test the assumptions behind the claimed amount.

Scope and findings depend on the available evidence

How much loss is supported by the records?

Common Questions

Frequently asked questions about commercial litigation.

An early review is useful when the value of a claim depends on disputed accounts, transactions or lost profit. It can identify the records and assumptions needed before a formal expert instruction.
Yes. We compare its assumptions and figures with source records, identify points that do not reconcile and explain material differences.
No. The scope may be advisory analysis for a legal team or independent expert evidence for proceedings. We agree the purpose and reporting requirements at the outset.
We examine the available trading evidence and the assumptions needed to estimate the financial position with and without the disputed event. The approach depends on the facts of the claim.
Yes. We agree the financial questions, documents and timetable with the instructing team before starting the analysis.
We can review financial records, stage valuations and disputed quantum under a JCT contract within an agreed scope. Solicitors remain responsible for interpreting and drafting the contract.
The first one-hour consultation is free. We use it to understand the matter and available records. If the work is suitable, we agree a fixed fee before paid analysis begins. Fees start from £1,250; the quoted amount depends on the agreed scope.