Disputes & Forensics
Clarify the accounts behind a shareholder or partnership dispute.
WSCA analyses the financial records, arrangements and transactions that sit behind disputes between shareholders, partners and owner-managed businesses.
When this work is relevant
It is relevant where parties disagree about accounts, drawings, profit entitlement, funding, related-party transactions, valuation inputs, management information or the financial effect of a disputed arrangement.
Questions we help address
How were funds contributed or withdrawn? What does the accounting record show? Are profits or balances calculated consistently with the agreed arrangements?
Records typically examined
Shareholder or partnership agreements, ledgers, bank data, management accounts, board records, payroll, invoices, contracts and correspondence.
Our approach
We identify the questions in dispute, establish the relevant accounting period, reconcile key balances and transactions, test documented arrangements and explain the impact of evidence gaps or competing assumptions.
What you receive
- Structured analysis of shareholder or partnership accounts
- Schedules of key contributions, transactions and balances
- Clear treatment of assumptions and evidence limitations
- Support for negotiation, mediation, litigation or expert instructions
Common complications
Family-business practices, informal arrangements, personal and business expenditure, and incomplete records often blur the picture. The analysis must separate documented facts from assertions.
What to prepare
Provide governing agreements, account access, financial records, relevant communications and a concise description of the issues each party says are in dispute.
Related expertise
Financial Record Reconstruction · Loss of Profit & Damages · Litigation Support
From an Actual Matter
When Profit Was Not Just the Number on the P&L
See how a multi-year analysis tested the profit base underlying a management entitlement and the accounting adjustments that materially affected it.
Discuss the financial issues in dispute
WSCA can help bring clarity to the records before positions become further entrenched.