Disputes & Forensics
Quantify claimed loss with transparent financial reasoning.
WSCA assists with the accounting analysis of alleged loss of profit and financial damages, helping parties understand the records, assumptions and calculations that support or limit a claim.
When quantification is relevant
Quantification may be needed where a breach, interruption, delay, disputed transaction or lost commercial opportunity is said to have caused a financial loss.
Questions we help address
What is the financial baseline? Which revenue and cost assumptions are supportable? How should alternative causes, mitigation and available evidence be considered?
Records typically examined
Financial statements, management accounts, budgets, forecasts, sales data, contracts, invoices, cost records, bank data and correspondence.
Our approach
We define the loss period and counterfactual question, analyse historic performance and relevant contemporaneous evidence, make assumptions explicit and produce schedules that show how the calculation is constructed.
What you receive
- A transparent loss or damages calculation
- Schedules showing inputs, assumptions and sensitivity points
- Identification of evidential support and key limitations
- Support for claim formulation, response, settlement or expert work
Common complications
Forecasts, changing market conditions, multiple causes and insufficient cost data can materially affect a calculation. A useful analysis explains these issues rather than concealing them.
What to prepare
Provide the event timeline, claim or defence, relevant financial records, forecasts, contracts and information about alternative causes or mitigation.
Related expertise
Litigation Support · Expert Accounting Reports · Commission & Incentive Claims
Discuss the financial basis of a claim
Begin with the event, period, records and assumptions that need to be tested.