Andrew Geddes Financial legal reports in industry
Mr. Andrew Geddes is a Financial Expert Witness providing reports concerning fraud, misunderstandings, broken contracts and business valuations; many of which have saved clients thousands of pounds.
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pecialising in the MATERIALS, METALS AND MINING INDUSTRY
Andrew's standing as an Expert Witness has been enhanced by his original technical background. In a recent interview, he explained: “I spent over 40 years on the commercial side of the metals business working with producers, traders and consumers doing billions of dollars’ worth of business.” “I became a member of the Expert Witness Institute and have passed the Bond Solon/Cardiff University Law School accreditation for Expert Witnesses,” Andrew continued. “While not all disputes will end up in court, it helps to be able to show the lawyers that I have successfully given evidence in court a number of times in London, Geneva, Zurich and Stockholm.”
Continuing to divulge into his experiences in the courtroom, Mr. Geddes went on to say:
“In the sort of disputes in which I am involved there would always be an Expert Witness appointed by each side.” “I have worked for both the Prosecution and for the Defence in different cases. In some circumstances I find I may be appointed by a party with whom I crossed swords a few years beforehand when they were on the other side but that is the value of being independent and being valued for my own independent opinion.” Discussing the importance of instructing an Expert Witness at the beginning of a legal case, opposed to asking for an opinion at a later stage of the proceedings, Andrew explained: “I wish lawyers would appreciate how much better they could pursue their case and how much more efficient it might be for their client if they were to make an earlier appointment of an Expert.”
In addition to this, Andrew holds an MA from Oxford and is a member of the Institute of Directors, he is “When there are very complicated cases with 600also a member of the Expert Witness Institute and 1,000 different documents for hundreds of millions of dollars I am sure an Expert Witness would be able to the Institute of Materials, Metals and Mining. do a better job if there is plenty of time to work out what The cases for which Andrew Geddes is instructed should have happened in the series of contracts and are usually very large, meaning that the Expert can to then make an easily understandable presentation manage just one or two in a year with the time that he to the lawyers and client,” he continued. “This does has available. “This means that I might be in court on not necessarily mean more time (and therefore cost) two cases in one year or, if they both get settled out- being spent by the Expert but it does mean that some of-court I might not attend court at all in a year. It just of the potentially important minutiae are less likely to depends how things work out,” he explained. “While be overlooked in the rush to put a Report together and, many lawyers tell me that it is unusual for a dispute to it does mean that there is time for the lawyers to better go to court, I find that for the cases I am working on appreciate the trade implications of the dispute and act there are about 30-50% that eventually go to court.” accordingly.”