Litigation Support

The UK, following the USA trend, is becoming more litigious. Partners and business associates as well as employees are more likely to resort to the courts in order to settle disagreements. Whilst insurance claims and court cases to prove liability for personal injury have also risen in recent years.
In 2000 Lord Woolf recommended a series of reforms aimed at:

driving down the cost of litigation
allowing greater access to justice - leading to an increase in the number of no win no fee cases
encouraging the use of appropriate experts to bring disputes to an early conclusion thereby keeping costs down

Accountants have found themselves being called upon as "expert witnesses" and "mediators" in a wide variety of circumstances. Their special skills of understanding business practice, taxation and finance has placed them in a position where they can advise on a range of litigation issues.

If you wish to discuss our services or arrange a meeting, telephone Martin Wright on 01525 374439

Resources

Downloadable Forms
Tax Rates And Tables
Links
Calculators
The Budget

ECL Howard Watson Smith LLP is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England & Wales, registered number OC336589. The registered office is ECL House, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, LU7 1RT. References to principals in this website are to members of the LLP.

Regulated to carry on audit work in the UK by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Details of our audit registration can be viewed at www.auditregister.org.uk under reference number C001822251. The firm is subject to the Audit Regulations and Guidance and the International Standards on Auditing (UK).

Regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

This firm is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.