Personal injury

The forensic experts at BDO Kendalls have a comprehensive understanding of the specific requirements in the assessment of personal injury claims and can assist you in quantifying the following:

• Loss of earning capacity for wage and salary earners;
• Loss of business profits for self-employed persons;
• Loss of superannuation benefits;
• Loss of financial support in Compensation to Relatives matters; and
• Needs created by catastrophic events.

Our expert reports are comprehensive and thoroughly considered and will assist you and your client in settlement discussions, arbitration or mediation and court. We can articulate complex and difficult accounting, economic and business concepts in a clear and concise manner and our expert reports are supported by objective oral expert evidence.

How can we help you?

Our expertise enables us to apply our accounting skills to the issues in settlement or litigation of personal injury matters, including:

• Identification and calculation of past and future economic loss.
• Sourcing industry benchmarks to determine the appropriate rate for valuing aspects of the claim.
• Quantification of earning capacity, including an assessment of after-tax income and superannuation.
• Provision of multiple, detailed scenario analyses and advice as to the different approaches to calculating loss or damages.

We also have an understanding of the various heads of damage that can be claimed under personal injury and can identify these within our assessment of the claim.