
Thomas Rodwell
Published: 18/01/2022 15:41
Thomas Rodwell is an experienced expert witness and is recognised as a leading forensic accountant and business valuer. He provides economic and financial advice to clients, legal teams and counsel in shareholder and commercial disputes. He is recognised by Chambers and Partners as a leading UK forensic accountant (Band 1: 2023, 2024, 2025) and sits on the advisory panel to the ICAEW Valuations Group.
Two Heads, Better than One? BR v BR, in Light of BR v BR (No 2) and Vince v Vince
In his judgment in BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11, [2024] 2 FLR 217, Peel J emphasised at [17](i) that ‘[w]herever possible’ the instruction of a single joint expert (SJE) is the ‘default position’ and at [17](ii) that a ‘high degree of justification’ is required for two parties to instruct their own experts.
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- Family Procedure Rules
- Single Joint Experts
- Experts
- Valuations
!30/06/2025 06:00
Clarke v Clarke – A Brave New (Valuation) World
Business valuers are often asked to estimate the value of interests in companies that do not represent the entirety of the company’s share capital. In those cases, the application of an appropriate valuation discount, which accurately reflects the attributes of a subject shareholding can be both a contentious and material issue, with the size (and application) of the assessed discount potentially having a large effect on the overall valuation of an individual’s interest.
- Journal
- Experts
- Discounts
- SJE
- Valuations
- Forensic Accountants
!27/03/2023 09:16
Mltpl: A New Business Valuation Tool
Business valuations are often associated with high costs, long delays and, in many instances, subjective analysis and unsupported conclusions. Inevitably, questions arise as to their utility, given their inherent fragility.
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- AI
- Experts
- Automation
- Valuations
- Forensic Accountants
!06/07/2022 07:12
A Beginner's Guide to Deferred Compensation (and Other Forms of Remuneration)
IntroductionFor most people earned income means periodic salary payments, received net of tax, from an employer. However, for a comparatively small cohort of people, earned ‘income’ can look a lot more complicated and uncertain. It might take…
- Journal
!01/04/2022 06:49