Personal Injury Law in a Nutshell: What Accountants Need to Know
This informative presentation will focus on the “nuts and bolts” of providing forensic accountant services in support of personal injury litigation.
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About this course
- $39.00
- 1 CPD hour
- June 28, 2022
Course Description
Personal injury is a complex, extensive, ever-changing area of law that impacts many Ontarians’ daily lives. Forensic accountants will want to tap into this market or improve their competency in this area.
This informative presentation will focus on the “nuts and bolts” of providing forensic accountant services in support of personal injury litigation including:
- Discussion of the various torts, like motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls or dog bites, and etc.
- What are the heads of damage (e.g. cost of care, income loss); how to calculate damages.
- Information specific to motor vehicle accidents (e.g. calculating income replacement benefits, and income loss for tort claims).
- Challenging damages.
- Preparing reader-friendly reports, like loss of income reports or cost of care reports, for legal counsel.
- Recent trends in case law.
Instructor(s)
Jennifer Lynch
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Jennifer Lynch is the founder and principal forensic accountant of Lynch & Associates, Forensic Accountants, practicing in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death claims, partnership disputes, fraud examination related to asset misappropriation, money laundering, employment theft, financial statement manipulation, issues of bankruptcy, insolvency, business reorganization, and other fraud-related cases. She obtained her Master of Business Administration degree through the Schulich School of Business. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant designation, a Certified Management Accountant designation, a Certified Fraud Examiner designation, a Certified Forensic Investigator designation, and a Chartered Business Valuator designation. She is also a qualified expert witness.