What does a financial expert report contain?

The report explains the instruction, material considered, method, assumptions, reasoning and opinion, with the required expert declarations. Its precise form depends on the court's directions and agreed questions.

Can you review the other side's expert report?

Yes, where within the agreed instruction. We test calculations, assumptions and source evidence, and set out reasoned points of agreement or disagreement.

Does CPR Part 35 apply to every financial dispute?

No. CPR Part 35 governs expert evidence in civil proceedings. Other proceedings can have different procedural rules, so we confirm the applicable requirements when reviewing an instruction.

What is the expert’s duty?

For expert evidence in civil proceedings, the expert’s duty to the court overrides any obligation to the person instructing or paying them. The opinion must be independent and based on the evidence.

Can you act as a single joint expert?

We can discuss single joint expert appointments and the proposed letter of instruction. The scope, timetable and availability are confirmed before accepting an instruction.

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.

Expert witness services

CPR Part 35
expert witness services.

CPR Part 35 expert witness services for financial disputes across England and Wales. We provide independent analysis, clearly reasoned reports and expert assistance where required by the proceedings.

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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 expert witness services?

Review the instruction

We establish the questions for the expert, the available material, conflicts, timetable and the court’s directions.

Form an independent opinion

We analyse the financial evidence, identify assumptions and explain the reasoning behind each conclusion.

Report and assist the court

We prepare the agreed expert report and, where required, answer questions, meet other experts or give oral evidence.

Why Key Ledgers

What makes the
critical difference.

A solicitor may need independent financial opinion for civil proceedings, a response to another expert’s report, a single joint expert or assistance with questions and meetings between experts.

Duty to the Court

For expert evidence in civil proceedings, our overriding duty is to the court, regardless of who instructs or pays us.

High Court Experience

Bharat Varsani has attended hearings and given financial evidence in High Court proceedings.

Reasoned Opinion

We distinguish facts, assumptions and opinion and explain the financial basis of each conclusion.

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 expert witness services?

Litigation Solicitors

Proceedings require independent financial opinion.

Family Solicitors

Business value or income is disputed in financial remedy matters.

Counsel

A financial expert is needed to explain and defend the analysis.

Joint Instructing Parties

The parties require a single joint expert for agreed questions.

What You Receive

Clear findings for the agreed instruction.

The agreed instruction may produce a CPR Part 35 compliant report, supporting schedules, answers to written questions, a joint statement or oral evidence where required.

Expert report
An independent report prepared for the agreed proceedings and requirements.
Supporting schedules
The calculations, assumptions and sources needed to follow the opinion.
Further expert assistance
Written answers, a joint statement or oral evidence where instructed.

Illustrative scenario

Example, not a client case

A typical financial question

Two parties advance different financial calculations in civil proceedings. An independent expert can analyse the evidence, explain the areas of agreement and disagreement, and assist the court.

Scope and findings depend on the available evidence

Which financial conclusions are supported by the evidence?

Common Questions

Frequently asked questions about expert witness services.

The report explains the instruction, material considered, method, assumptions, reasoning and opinion, with the required expert declarations. Its precise form depends on the court's directions and agreed questions.
Yes, where within the agreed instruction. We test calculations, assumptions and source evidence, and set out reasoned points of agreement or disagreement.
No. CPR Part 35 governs expert evidence in civil proceedings. Other proceedings can have different procedural rules, so we confirm the applicable requirements when reviewing an instruction.
For expert evidence in civil proceedings, the expert’s duty to the court overrides any obligation to the person instructing or paying them. The opinion must be independent and based on the evidence.
We can discuss single joint expert appointments and the proposed letter of instruction. The scope, timetable and availability are confirmed before accepting an instruction.
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.