Businesses and Divorce SEMINAR 2010

A specially designed course – presented by a solicitor, barrister and forensic accountant, all vastly experienced in business-related ancillary relief cases – that will help all family law practitioners in their handling of the complications of business cases in a challenging market and update them on all the latest judgments and practice developments.

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6 reasons to book your place now!

• First rate speakers
• Superb value – price held for FIVE YEARS!
• Excellent venue
• Topical programme
• The opportunity to listen to and learn from the shared experiences of others working in this challenging area of work
• Excellent notes to refer to back in the office

Programme includes

• Dealing with Business Cases in a Challenging Climate
• A Forensic Accountant’s Perspective – what the family lawyer needs to know
• The Court’s Approach to Businesses and Divorce
• Practice and Procedure – how are these cases different?
• Valuing Business Assets – how and when?
• Raising Funds for the Settlement
• Finalising the Settlement – making sure it’s watertight
• Case Study
• Questions and answers

speaker PROFILEs

Christopher Pocock QC is at 1 King’s Bench Walk, London. He specialises in ancillary relief cases, particularly where there are business assets involved. Chris is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Financial Provision in Family Matters and is co-author of Pre-nuptial and Cohabitation Agreements (Class Legal).

Michael Drake heads the matrimonial team at the London firm Collyer Bristow, having previously advised on commercial and employment issues. Michael specialises in complex financial disputes and is the author of Divorce and the Family Business (Family Law). He was formerly Chief Assessor of the Law Society Family Law Panel.

Jon Dodge is a co-founder of Walton Dodge Forensic, a specialist forensic accountancy practice dealing primarily with ancillary relief cases. During the last 18 years, he has provided expert opinion in many hundreds of cases, often as a single joint expert. He has given expert evidence in the county courts and in the High Court on numerous occasions.