Does anyone know where Forensic Accounting courses are run, preferably in Scotland?
Gillian Currie
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Matthew did not disturb or post rubbish to cause this thread close down, meaning Matthew readily and willingly agree Prof Kutti Kuram is correctly a true professor in accounting.
Maybe Prof Kutti Kuram knows best
Since Matthew like to criticise Prof Kutti Kuram about his lack of knowledge in Management Accounting, perhaps, Prof Kutti can show up as seminar leader in Forensic Accounting too.
Where are you, Prof Kutti Kuram, the management accounting expert?
Childish
Could A-Web permanently block the children from posting on this site - I thought there were 2 intelligent answers to a question that I was also interested in but no.... Pathetic.
In response to the question . . .
Gillian
In my experience most courses related to forensic accountancy are held in London. This has two disadvantages from your point of view (i) travelling time and expense and (ii) the courses will be based on the law of England and Wales.
As you will appreciate Scottish law and legal procedures are different from those south of the border!
You could try contacting some of the usual providers of professional courses, such as Hawksmere or Lexis-Nexis to see what they have to offer. You could also try some of the professional bodies such as ICAS. Google may help!
You may have to give some thought to exactly what type of forensic work you have in mind. There is a difference between, say, assessing loss of income and pension of a person injured in a road traffic accident or valuing a business for divorce settlement purposes, and say, reviewing the accounting evidence relating to an alleged fraud or assessing someone's income from drug trafficking.
Personally, I specialise in crime and crime related issues (such as money laundering, confiscation, director's disqualification) but the majority of forensic accountants spend most of their time on damages claims and other civil proceedings.
Civil and criminal matters having something in common (reporting writing for court, for example) but there are a lot of differences too !
I hope this helps a bit.
David
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