Colin has 30 years of experience working in the banking and financial world, having worked in investment banks for over 20 years. Throughout this time, Colin built up a huge array of knowledge of different aspects of trading and investing, which he deploys today as the author of expert reports. For the past 8 years, Colin has worked as a consultant and expert witness, providing expert reports on a whole wealth of banking and finance issues to the legal profession, for banking and corporate clients, and for the Crown Prosecution Service. Colin has testified and been cross-e...

Contract for Differences (CFD) • Foreign exchange (FX) • Spread betting • Retail investment products • Financial derivatives • Fraud and financial crime, including wire fraud and sophisticated scams • Boiler room operations, multilevel marketing, pyramid selling and Ponzi schemes • Anti-money laundering (AML) arrangements and cross-border fraud • Suspicious bank transfers involving onshore, offshore and shell companies • Hawala money transfer systems • Hedging techniques and risk management strategies • Poor execution and manipu...

Dr Culley has ~20 years' experience in financial markets. He has held senior roles in investment firms that are active in brokerage and trading activities, including three Category 1 Members of the London Metal Exchange, members of ICE Futures, Eurex, Euronext, the London Stock Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and a hedge fund. The roles undertaken include Chief Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer and non-executive director. Dr Culley founded C&G Regulatory Solutions in September 2021 and now works as a CILEX lawyer and consultant serving a broad ra...

David Clegg is an experienced practitioner, specialising in audit, forensic accounting and expert witness services. As Managing Director of a Top-75 Accountancy and Advisory Group, David has vast knowledge and expertise across a wide variety of business sectors. David has prepared several hundred expert witness reports to date and has experience in delivering evidence in court as an expert witness. Areas of specialism: • Forensic accounting • Loss of profits/earnings • Business valuations • Insurance claims, including business int...

All aspects of regulated financial advice, especially pensions and investments, including pension transfers and self-invested pension arrangements • General investment knowledge and impact of psychology and sociology on investor behaviour • As well as working in the financial sector and academic work, I have worked for the Pensions Ombudsman Service for many years

National Financial Expert Witness 20 years' qualified experience providing financial advice to retail, personal injury, clinical negligence and corporate clients • Tier 1 Registered Expert Witness with APIL • National expert witness status • I have prepared in excess of 400 claimant reports and joint statements for the court on the value of the loss of retirement benefits within personal injury and clinical negligence claims • Highly experienced in evaluating the suitability of the use of periodical payments in the structuring of awards • ...

Consulting loss adjusting and related services to the insurance and claims market • Specialist in handling commercial and household insurance claim losses, including business interruption • Able to undertake investigations, reporting, quantum assessment, analysis, claims preparation, best practice assessments, insurance policy interpretation, review material and immaterial breaches of conditions and warranties • Distressed cases • Loss adjuster negligence

Consequential loss • Forensic accounting • Financial services complaints or claims

Sunday Times ‘Top Advisor’ 2021 Loss of earnings • Pension loss • Financial professional negligence • Financial advice • Cashflow analysis • Lost years • Loss of dependency • Periodical payment orders • Financial structure of award • Quantum I am the founder of Paladin Experts, a Fellow and Chartered Financial Planner who takes care to provide an accurate and honest approach. With over 30 years' financial expertise and having acted as expert witness on hundreds of occasions, I am well positioned to support claimants and...

Over 10 years' experience as an expert for the court. Has given evidence in court on a number of occasions. • Pension loss - adults and minors • Loss of earnings • Loss of income reports • Accommodation (post RvJ) • Cost of financial advice • Periodical payments/PPO/Form of Award Reports • Settlement assessment reports • Fatal accidents; loss of dependency • Lost years claims • Financial modelling/planning • Cashflow analysis for court approval

Chartered Management Accountant with over 25 years’ experience and a CIMA Certified Specialist Forensic Accountant. • Experienced across a wide range of sectors, with strong endorsements and repeat instructions from solicitors. • Independently vetted for reliability. • Has prepared over 200 expert reports. Business interruption • Loss of profits • Loss of income • Loss of earnings • Pension and investment losses • Business and share valuations • Increased cost of borrowing • Tax losses

In June 2024, GBRW merged its expert practice with Martello Expert Services. Martello was founded in 2019 by James Garvey and Richard Moore as part of Blackrock Expert Services (now Kroll). In 2020, they led a management buy-out to ensure the company remained independent. Prior to the merger, GBRW Expert Witness had a 15-year track record of providing expert support in the form of expert reports and/or advice in disputes involving banking, investment management, insurance, commodities, derivatives and related areas. The combined group has carried out over 850 engagement...

Investment banking • Capital markets • Derivatives • Fund management • Investment management • Wealth management • Hedge funds • Quantitative investing • Algorithmic trading • Systematic investing • Interest rate swaps • Credit default swaps • Cryptocurrencies • HFT • Artificial intelligence • Alternative data • Trading technology • Information technology • Intellectual property, compliance and operations • Private credit • Private equity Dr Richard D Bateson:...

Nigel is a highly qualified and experienced banker with an in-depth understanding of all aspects of banking obtained during a career lasting over 40 years, with excellent contacts throughout the City of London. He is currently working on a part-time basis as a consultant at a trade association in the City involved in responding to the government's proposals for the new Payments Regulator. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Head of Operations at an overseas bank with responsibility for information technology, trade finance, treasury settlements, capital markets and securities ...

Matters involving trading, structuring, selling or advising upon following over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives: • Interest rate swaps & options • Foreign exchange swaps & options • Cross-currency swaps • Inflation swaps

Have been ask to provide expert opinion on the following: • Equity release - Whether the advice process was correct and/or suitable and whether all alternative options had been explored. Also to assess whether the lender acted within the regulations. • Mortgages - Suitability of mortgage advice. • Pensions and investments - Suitability of pension advice, and whether a firm retains liability for ongoing advice. Suitability to switch pension products. Suitability of recommended investment solutions.

Ben is a partner in the forensic accounting team at Moore Kingston Smith. Ben is frequently instructed as an expert witness and has given evidence in court. He has assisted Counsel in preparing for the cross-examination of opposing experts in the High Court, the Crown Court and the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). Ben’s areas of specialism include: • Valuations for shareholder disputes • Matrimonial cases • Loss of profit claims • Contractual disputes • Fraud investigations • Professional negligence actions against auditors • Compulsory purchase order m...

Offices in London, Cheshire, Wiltshire, Cornwall Simon has 40 years of experience working in the banking and financial world, having worked in investment and wholesale banks for over 28 years. Throughout this time, Simon built up a huge array of knowledge of different aspects of banking, which he deploys today as the author of expert reports. For the past 14 years, Simon has worked as an expert witness, providing expert reports on a whole wealth of banking and finance issues to the legal profession, for banking and corporate clients, and for the Crown Pros...

Compliance with UK financial services rules & regulations • Financial planning matters, including pensions, investments, savings, life assurance & the advisory process & standards