VALUATION EXPERTS SHOULD SHOW THEIR CALCULATIONS: ESTIMATING A VALUE AND WORKING BACKWARDS TO JUSTIFY THAT DOES NOT FIND FAVOUR WITH THE COURT

In Sahota v Sahota & Ors [2024] EWHC 2165 (Ch)  HHJ Rawlings (sitting as a High Court Judge)was critical of an expert witness who, in essence, worked backwards in relation to a valuation.  The judge found that having come to a view as to the value of a company the expert worked backwards using t...