Overview

The client, the wife in this case, was convinced that there were funds missing in her spouse’s disclosure. The solicitor did not have the time or the manpower to look at this complex financial situation to track the funds. That’s where we came in.

The client

• Housewife and mother (one child)
• HNW husband
• Four properties (three UK, one Europe)
• Recently separated

Remit

• To find suspected missing funds of approximately £1 million
• Full analysis over a five year period

Issues

• Accounts across various currencies in over a dozen bank accounts and more than twenty credit cards
• Very difficult client in a highly emotional state
• Divorce process in deadlock

Result

• Missing money successfully located
• Addback achieved of over £300,000

Benefits to solicitor

• Solicitor able to delegate the complex financial element and free up their team
• Solicitor provided the client with appropriate and efficient use of resources
• Solicitor able to robustly defend the client’s position

Benefits to client

• The extra funds were included in the settlement
• The client was fully vindicated in their assessment of the financial picture