Sipp provider Xafinity has launched an expert witness service to provide forensic actuarial and investment advice in disputes over financial loss.
The service would be suitable for cases such as unfair dismissal, divorce, breach of contact, pension scheme mal-administration and investment loss due to inappropriate advice.
There has been an increase in cases involving pension loss or loss of future earnings which involve putting a capital value on an unknown cashflow.
Where trustees or employers discover that inappropriate advice has been given it can require detailed analysis to confirm the losses.
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All advice is tailored to the specific case and takes into account the amount under consideration and cost-effectiveness of each action.
Kenneth Auld, head of the expert witness service at Xafinity, said: "Pension and future earnings claims typically run into hundreds of thousands and often millions of pounds. The assessment of claims based upon life expectancies is highly complex.
"For this reason they are usually contentious, which is why we have launched our new service, which brings independence, integrity, objectivity and most of all well proven expertise to the area, recognising the over-riding duty to the courts."