SCC has more than 25 years of forensic accounting experience across civil, criminal and commercial matters. We work with claimants, defendants, businesses, directors, insurers and legal teams, providing direct access to senior professionals throughout the assignment.
Our offices and expertise across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the UK are particularly valuable where companies, assets, transactions or parties operate across jurisdictions. If a forensic issue is connected with financial distress, insolvency or asset recovery, our recovery specialists can support the wider position while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
Our reports are structured to explain the evidence reviewed, assumptions made, calculations performed and basis for our conclusions. We can work directly with clients or alongside solicitors, counsel and other experts, depending on the circumstances and purpose of the instruction.
Where conclusions may create tax consequences for a settlement, transaction or restructuring, SCC can also coordinate appropriate tax advice. Bringing relevant expertise together can help clients understand both the immediate financial findings and the practical implications of the options available.
If you are dealing with suspected fraud, a financial dispute, a valuation issue or a matter requiring independent financial evidence, speak to SCC Chartered Accountants. We can review the background, identify the immediate priorities and agree a proportionate scope for the work.
Contact our forensic accounting team to discuss your matter confidentially.
Forensic accounting services examine financial information where facts are disputed, records are incomplete, wrongdoing is suspected or a loss must be quantified. The work combines accounting, investigation and financial analysis so findings can be understood by businesses, solicitors, insurers or courts.
A forensic accountant may review bank statements, ledgers, contracts, payroll information, tax records and transaction documents to establish what happened and whether figures are supported by evidence.
This differs from an external audit, which is primarily concerned with providing an independent opinion on financial statements. Forensic work usually focuses on a specific allegation, dispute, transaction or financial question.
Support may be needed for suspected fraud, shareholder disputes, disputed valuations, matrimonial proceedings, personal injury claims or M&A disagreements.
Forensic accounting services can help determine whether suspicious transactions or accounting irregularities are supported by underlying records and quantify any resulting financial loss. SCC can analyse accounting entries, bank movements, supplier and customer records, payroll data, expenses and other relevant documentation.
Our team can reconstruct transaction flows, compare activity with supporting evidence and identify unusual patterns requiring explanation. Findings may assist directors, solicitors or insurers when considering recovery, settlement or formal proceedings.
If an investigation also reveals broader control weaknesses, SCC’s internal audit team can separately review governance, risk management and controls. This helps address wider organisational risks without changing the purpose of the forensic investigation.
SCC agrees the key questions, available evidence and reporting requirements early so the work remains proportionate.
Yes. SCC provides forensic accounting services for commercial, shareholder, partnership and contractual disputes across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the wider UK. These matters can involve competing interpretations of financial information or claims about financial loss.
Our work can include loss of profit calculations, breach of contract and warranty claims, shareholder disputes, partnership disagreements and disputed transactions. We can test forecasts, analyse trading results and examine related-party transactions.
In shareholder disputes, relevant issues may include remuneration, dividends, director loan accounts, management charges, asset transfers and the value of an ownership interest. Our role is to provide objective financial analysis rather than determine legal questions.
Where a dispute arises alongside financial distress or insolvency concerns, SCC’s recovery specialists can advise on the wider business position where appropriate.
Yes. SCC can value companies, shares, partnerships, business interests and relevant assets where financial value is disputed or needs to be established independently. The approach depends on the purpose, available information and the interest being valued.
A forensic accountant may examine maintainable earnings, cash flows, net assets, market evidence and assumptions used by the parties. SCC can also support post-transaction disputes involving completion accounts, working capital, net debt, earn-outs, warranties, indemnities or alleged breaches of a sale and purchase agreement.
Our corporate finance experience provides useful commercial context when assessing how transaction mechanics and business performance interact. SCC may advise one party, assist with submissions for expert determination or review another expert’s analysis.
The role and scope are agreed at the beginning so clients understand how the work will be used.
Yes. SCC works with solicitors and other professional advisers where financial evidence is central to a dispute, investigation or court matter. Forensic accounting services can be used during early case assessment, negotiations, mediation or formal proceedings.
A forensic accountant may help a legal team understand complex records, quantify a claim or defence and assess another expert’s calculations. Where expert evidence is required, the report should clearly explain the instructions, evidence considered, methodology, assumptions, limitations and conclusions.
SCC can also respond to questions within the agreed instruction. Financial conclusions may sometimes create tax consequences, particularly following a settlement, disposal or restructuring.
Where separate tax input is appropriate, SCC’s tax advice specialists can assist with relevant considerations while maintaining clear professional responsibilities.
A forensic accountant can assist when a matrimonial, personal injury or fatal accident case involves complex income, business interests, valuations or calculations of financial loss.
In matrimonial and financial remedy matters, SCC may review company accounts, business interests, director loan accounts, income, asset structures and maintainable earnings. This can help explain financial information, assess business value and identify transactions requiring explanation.
For personal injury and fatal accident matters, work may include calculations of past and future loss of earnings, pension loss, business income, dependency and other measurable financial effects. Calculations should use available evidence and reasonable assumptions that can be explained.
Tax can also affect the practical value of assets, income or settlement options. SCC’s tax compliance team can support relevant filing and liability matters where required.
SCC can act for claimants, defendants, insurers or legal teams, with the role agreed clearly at the outset.
SCC combines more than 25 years of forensic accounting experience with an understanding of businesses and financial matters across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the wider UK. This is valuable where a dispute or investigation involves assets, transactions or stakeholders across jurisdictions.
Our forensic team supports civil, criminal and commercial matters for businesses, individuals, solicitors, insurers, claimants and defendants. Clients receive direct access to senior professionals, and every instruction is scoped around the questions that need answering rather than treated as a standard exercise.
Cross-border matters may require coordination between financial records, advisers and obligations in different jurisdictions. SCC’s cross-border specialists can provide additional accounting and tax input where relevant, while the forensic team remains focused on the independent financial analysis required.
SCC can discuss your circumstances confidentially, identify immediate priorities and agree a focused, proportionate scope.
"Trusted by some of the top legal teams across Ireland and the UK, our forensic and dispute advisory team has an impeccable track record of case success." - Kathy Daly
For more information regarding our Forensics & Investigations services please email Kathy Daly:
kathy.daly@scc-ca.com
sean.cavanagh@scc-ca.com
Senior Manager
Director
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