Peter Luscombe
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Peter is highly regarded for his provision of advice on financial issues in criminal proceedings and in acting as an expert accountant, both for Prosecution and Defence. He acts in civil cases too, including commercial claims and valuation disputes.
His key skill is the analysis of volumes of data and its presentation to the Court in a simple, non technical manner.
Peter is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds their Certificate of Management Information. He is also an Accredited Mediator with the Centre for Dispute Resolution and a Member of the Academy of Experts.
Peter was a partner at Hacker Young and dealt with their consultancy and forensic work before joining Carter Backer Winter in 1995.
Areas of expertise
- Fraud investigations
- Commercial loss claims
- Business valuations
- Loss of earnings claims
- Medical negligence actions
- Accountants’ negligence
- Assessment of projections
- Mediation and ADR
Relevant experience
- Due diligence on the acquisition of a manufacturing business in financial difficulties.
- Investigations on behalf of a Police Authority in respect of criminal cases, including a UK charity and tracing the proceeds of a major robbery.
- Defence of confiscation orders after criminal convictions.
- Defence of criminal fraud charges including fraudulent trading, deception and false accounting.
- Regular valuations of interests in medium sized businesses for the purposes of dispute resolution and retirement.
- Personal injury and medical negligence cases for and against NHS Trusts.
- Continuous financial and administrative reviews of the contractors engaged on the Thames Barrier flood prevention scheme for Greater London Council.
- Appointments on international projects.
