Forensic Accounting (Since 2000)

Since 2000, Troy Peisley has provided expert evidence to the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, the Federal Court of Australia and District Court of NSW. Troy has performed over 80 forensic accounting assignments, dealing with:

  • Share and businesses valuations in oppression matters
  • Asset Valuation – Intellectual Property
  • Loss of profit reports in contractual and trade practices disputes
  • Economic loss reports in negligence matters e.g. property damage and personal injury matters
  • Account of profit reports in intellectual property disputes
  • Business interruption reports in insurance claims
  • Fraud Investigations, proceeds of crime

Troy’s experience as an forensic accountant includes:

  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff’s insurers to provide expert opinion as to economic loss suffered by a large city club as a result of builder’s negligence.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to perform a financial investigation on issues of liability and quantum and to provide expert opinion as to business valuation and loss of chance suffered by mobile phone dealer with a chain of retail stores.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of profit suffered by distributor where international manufacturer allegedly ceased supply of products in breach of agreement.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to fair value of telemarketing business.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to alleged excessive charges by lessor and to quantify the loss of profit suffered by restaurant business.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of profit suffered by native flower grower whose business destroyed by fire.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of profit and loss of opportunity suffered by large smash repairers business as a result of fire.
  • Federal Court of Australia: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to business valuation as a result of alleged misrepresentation under sale of business agreement.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by defendant insurers to identify inconsistent accounting treatment in financials and provide expert opinion as to alleged loss of profit claimed by logistics company.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to investigate and quantify contributions of parties under a joint venture property development agreement and alleged siphoning of commission by agent under management agreement.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by defendant to provide expert opinion involving alleged insolvent trading, identifying timing and amount of loan repayments, payments to directors and distributions to shareholders.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to valuation of minority shareholding in property development company.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by defendant to identify inconsistent accounting treatment in financials and provide expert opinion as to alleged loss of profit suffered by law firm.
  • Supreme Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of profit and account of profit involving alleged trade mark infringement.
  • Supreme Court of Victoria: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of profit and account of profit involving alleged patent infringement and breach of service agreement.
  • Supreme Court of Queensland: Appointed by defendant to provide expert opinion in response to liquidators claim of receipt of preferential payments during relation back period.
  • District Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of value and loss of profit suffered where property damaged and provedore unable to trade.
  • District Court of NSW: Appointed to provide single expert opinion as to valuation of shares in smash repair business.
  • District Court of NSW: Appointed by defendant insurers to identify inconsistent accounting treatment in financials and provide expert opinion as to alleged loss of profit claimed by transportation company.
  • District Court of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of value and loss of profit suffered where lessor allegedly unlawfully terminated retail lease.
  • Industrial Relations Commission of NSW: Appointed by defendant to prepare loss of profit report in reply to alleged breach of shareholder agreement for car dealership.
  • Administrative Decisions Tribunal – Retail Leases Division of NSW: Appointed by plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to loss of value and loss of profit suffered where lessor allegedly unlawfully terminated commercial lease.
  • Appointed by claimant to quantify economic loss under terms of an Industrial Special Risks Policy for retailer of cameras and photographic equipment as a result of flooding. Matter settled before proceedings commenced.
  • Appointed by prospective plaintiff to provide expert opinion as to the accounting treatment for distribution of partnership profit of major law firm in Australia. Matter settled before proceedings commenced.

Tags: Accounting, Arbitration, Damages, Expert Accountant, Expert Determination, Forensic Accounting, Loss of Profit, Mediation, Valuation