Forensic services - Publications

Criminal defence - Defending cases of serious fraud and business crime

Defence teams in high-value fraud cases often require expert accounting analysis to identify conceptual and calculation errors in the prosecution’s case. 

In-house courses - Personal injury

Our experienced forensic services team offers tailormade courses for personal injury lawyers for free.  

Our Southampton services

Smith & Williamson is currently ranked as one of the top ten accountancy firms in the UK (Accountancy magazine, 2011), employing about 1,500 people in ten offices across the UK and Ireland.

We provide financial advisory and accountancy services to mid to large corporates, professional practices, non-profit organisations and private clients.

Dispute resolution

To ensure that we are current with regulatory and legal changes and efficient at handling cases, Smith & Williamson has a dedicated dispute resolution team. The team has experience of mediation, arbitration and trial.

Forensic technology - electronic evidence in employment disputes

Almost every business now uses IT systems for information exchange and storage. When an employment dispute arises, electronic documents and information can be a crucial factor in a case – for both parties.

Personal injury - helping your client achieve a suitable outcome

Our experience of quantifying losses in personal injury actions will help you achieve the most beneficial result for your client.

Investigation services

In today’s commercial environment, companies and directors are under greater public and regulatory scrutiny. They need to ensure that when a problem arises they act quickly and that incidents are investigated independently and thoroughly.

Insurance services

Whatever causes a claim, Smith & Williamson’s dedicated insurance services team are on hand to provide proactive advice to ensure the smooth running of the case.

Corporate brochure

Selecting the right adviser for business or personal financial affairs can be a difficult decision. Our aim on these pages is to ease that decision and to demonstrate why Smith & Williamson may be the right choice for you. Find out more...

Disclosing electronically stored information - A step-by-step guide to the ESI questionnaire

In November 2009, Lord Justice Jackson finalised his review of civil litigation costs, including a proposed change to the practice direction in Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules and the inclusion of a questionnaire to accompany it. After many revisions the practice direction has now been finalised, with the use of the electronically stored information (ESI) questionnaire set to become more commonplace.

Fraud and bribery in social housing

Poor anti-fraud and anti-bribery controls within registered providers can expose them to significant risk of loss and regulatory scrutiny.