Expert Witness Valuations

Vehicle Valuation Services

Expert Witness Vehicle Valuations

Serving as an Expert Witness is the core of my work. I provide independent non-AI expert witness vehicle valuations where vehicle value is disputed, contested, or significantly impacts legal outcome. My work supports solicitors, counsel, and the courts with clear, evidence-led valuation opinion across family, civil, and criminal proceedings.

I act as a Single Joint Expert or party expert, producing transparent, defensible reports that comply with the relevant procedural rules and are prepared with scrutiny in mind. Instructions range from single vehicle disputes to multi-vehicle matters involving six- and seven-figure values, including classic, performance, and specialist vehicles where condition, specification, and provenance strongly influence market value.

As I believe that fair and impartial valuation evidence should be accessible to all, I make much of my time available for cases funded by Legal Aid.

All opinions are independent, proportionate, and grounded in specialist market knowledge, documentary evidence, and investigative analysis where required. I do not use AI for valuation work.

Single Joint Expert (Family & Civil Courts)

Court-appointed expert under Family Procedure Rules Part 25 and Civil Procedure Rules Part 35. Instructed where an independent, proportionate valuation is required to resolve disputes efficiently. Reports are designed to withstand challenge and reduce areas of contention between parties.

Civil & Commercial Disputes

Expert valuation evidence in civil and commercial disputes involving high-value and specialist vehicles, including issues of value, condition, provenance, misrepresentation, and loss, including diminution. I am regularly instructed in matters where values are substantial and evidence is contested or incomplete.

Criminal Law & Sentencing

Independent valuation evidence in criminal proceedings with Legal Aid funding, including Section 17 reports for Proceeds of Crime, confiscation, and sentencing. Experienced in cases where claimed values are disputed or unsupported, requiring clear, evidence-led analysis grounded in real-world market behaviour. Crown valuers often have no background in vehicle valuations.

Forensic & Investigative Valuations

Forensic vehicle valuations where evidence is incomplete, conflicting, or deliberately obscured. Few valuers understand this space. My work includes reconstruction of value from partial information, cross-referencing of market data, and critical assessment of unsupported or inconsistent claims.

I provide independent expert valuation evidence in civil, family and criminal proceedings, where vehicle values are unclear, disputed and affect financial outcome. Recent civil instructions in the public domain include:

  • Aldermore Bank v Garrod (Pinsent Masons)
  • Williams v Williams (Vardags)
  • Horlick v Jhally (Mishcon de Reya)
  • Sandhu v Newsome (Talbots Law)
  • Buckley v PSL (Harrison Clark Rickerbys)
  • Truscotts Barnstaple v Santander Consumer v McLaren Ascot (Connell Associates)
  • Steward v Jardine Motors (Clyde & Co)
  • Lake v Metroline Travel Ltd (Clyde & Co)
  • Bailey v Chief Constable of Lincolnshire et al (SJE)
  • Driving Experience UK Ltd v Somerset County Council (SJE)
  • Hanley v Jolley & Jolley t/a Leisure Motors (SJE)
  • Parkinson v Pool Lane Classics Ltd (SJE)
  • Luisi v Hamble Green et al (SJE)

I have worked on a wide range of private and court-directed matters where discretion is essential. I have prepared thousands of individual vehicle valuations, many for use in legal proceedings or pre-litigation mediation.

I am regularly instructed in matters involving disputed values, forensic analysis, and cases where reported figures do not reflect real-world market evidence. My work can involve critically assessing unsupported or inflated claims, including analysis of Proceeds of Crime reports and countering Crown valuations. I also work with Trading Standards and on Police matters.

I act as both a Single Joint Expert (SJE) and party-appointed expert. Reports are prepared for cross-examination in accordance with CPR Part 35, FPR Part 25 and Criminal Procedure Rules Part 19. I am a member of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses.

Instructions cover classic, performance and specialist vehicles, including rare, modified, competition and historically significant examples where condition, specification and provenance impact value.

My work is not all high value; I often value cars at the lower end of the market to settle disputes. Criminal cases can also involve quite low values that have been inflated by the prosecution.

Professional Talks and Briefings

I am available to speak at professional events and to provide short, informal briefings for solicitors, private client advisers and other professional groups.

Drawing on practical experience of probate, divorce, civil litigation and criminal proceedings over many years in business, I explore the valuation issues that can arise when specialist vehicles and collections form part of an estate, financial settlement or dispute.

Sessions can be tailored to the audience, with examples drawn from real cases.

Expert witness vehicle valuation services

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