Project pre-injury earnings paths and measure divergence from post-event reality, with mitigation, fringe benefits, and present value treatment.
Loss of Future Earnings Analysis — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Intake & records review | Confirm jurisdiction, damages theory, and whether future earnings (vs. earning capacity) is the correct measure. Review tax, payroll, and vocational records. | Engagement letter, document request list, preliminary analytical outline |
| Baseline & projection | Establish pre-event earnings from verified records. Project but-for path using conservative growth tied to history and ONS ASHE benchmarks. | Baseline earnings summary with source documentation |
| Post-event & mitigation | Model actual or expected post-event earnings. Address mitigation, state benefits offsets per solicitor instruction instruction, and part-time or alternate employment. | Side-by-side but-for vs. actual earnings schedule |
| Benefits, PV & report | Load fringe benefits per theory. Apply present value discounting. Draft expert report with executive summary for solicitors. | Expert report suitable for disclosure and CPR Part 35 review |
Quantify diminished earning capacity using market-based occupational earnings when specific job continuation is not the damages measure.
Loss of Earning Capacity Quantification — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Theory & forum alignment | Confirm capacity (not wage continuation) is the damages measure. Review pleadings, IME, and vocational evidence. | Analytical framework memo for solicitors |
| Occupational mapping | Document SOC-aligned pre- and post-event occupations. Justify earnings level selection (mean, median, or percentile). | Occupation and earnings level worksheet with ONS ASHE citations |
| Work-life & differential | Apply work-life expectancy tables and case-specific reductions. Compute annual and lifetime capacity differential. | Capacity loss schedule by year |
| Report & testimony prep | Prepare expert report. Anticipate cross-examination on occupation choice and labor force participation. | Expert report and deposition preparation session |
Integrated economic loss analyses for bodily injury and fatality claims, including earnings, capacity, benefits, and household services coordination.
Personal Injury & fatal accident Economic Damages — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Damages inventory | Map applicable heads of loss under applicable law. Identify coordination needs with vocational, life care, and household services experts. | Damages scope outline aligned to pleadings |
| Decedent or claimant profile | Build earnings/capacity profile from tax, payroll, SSA, and employment records. Address young earners and career trajectory. | Economic profile with data source log |
| Loss quantification | Quantify each economic head. Apply work-life expectancy and present value. Address collateral source and setoff per solicitor instruction. | Itemized economic damages schedule |
| Report & litigation support | Draft expert report. Support deposition, trial testimony, and settlement negotiations. | Disclosure-ready expert report and trial demonstratives as scoped |
past loss of earnings, future loss of earnings, and benefits-related economic loss aligned with duty to mitigate, compensation history, and industry benchmarks.
Employment & Wrongful Termination Damages — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Compensation reconstruction | Reconstruct total compensation including base, bonus, overtime, equity, and benefits from employer records and tax filings. | Annual compensation summary by component |
| past loss of earnings period | Calculate gross past loss of earnings for the liability period. Credit interim earnings and benefits per mitigation theory. | past loss of earnings worksheet with mitigation offsets |
| future loss of earnings & capacity | Project future loss of earnings duration and amount. Address capacity loss if claimant cannot return to comparable employment. | future loss of earnings schedule with stated end date or work-life assumption |
| PV & report | Capitalise future loss of earnings if directed. Prepare expert report for Employment Tribunal or court proceedings. | Expert report with executive summary for solicitors and mediator |
Earnings and capacity loss when medical negligence causes disability, cognitive limitation, or reduced life expectancy affecting work life.
Medical Malpractice Economic Damages — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Clinical-economic linkage | Review IME, treating records, and vocational restrictions. Confirm which functional limits affect employability. | Functional limitation summary tied to economic assumptions |
| Baseline & post-event paths | Establish but-for earnings or capacity. Model post-malpractice occupational options and earnings. | But-for vs. post-event earnings/capacity comparison |
| Work-life adjustments | Apply work-life expectancy reductions where life expectancy evidence supports. Document tables and medical basis. | Adjusted work-life schedule with citations |
| Report & testimony | Prepare expert report addressing causation of economic loss (given liability theory). Support deposition and trial. | Expert report compliant with state med mal disclosure rules |
Reports, depositions, trial testimony, and consultative support throughout the litigation lifecycle for economic damages.
Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Consultation | Assess case fit, damages measures, and timeline. Identify records needed and potential challenges. | Case assessment memo and fee estimate |
| Analysis & report | Perform economic analysis. Draft report with clear separation of facts, assumptions, and opinions. | Expert report per court rules and counsel format preferences |
| Discovery support | Respond to opposing expert report deadlines. Assist with interrogatories and document production on economic issues. | Supplemental materials and workpapers as scoped |
| Deposition & trial | Prepare for testimony. Appear at deposition and trial. Provide post-deposition errata as appropriate. | Testimony and trial demonstratives as retained |
Structured critique of opposing assumptions, data, and methods under CPR Part 35 (Ikarian Reefer) and damages law—with alternative calculations where appropriate.
Rebuttal of Opposing Economist Reports — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Report deconstruction | Line-by-line review of opposing report. Map every assumption to underlying data or identify unsupported assertions. | Assumption inventory with issue flags |
| Data verification | Verify ONS ASHE citations, tax data usage, and arithmetic. Identify calculation errors. | Verification memo with corrected figures where applicable |
| Alternative analysis | Where scoped, run alternative model using defensible assumptions aligned with your theory. | Alternative damages schedule or range |
| Rebuttal report & trial support | Draft rebuttal expert report. Prepare cross-examination outline and testimony if retained. | Rebuttal report and deposition/trial support materials |
Present value discounting and fringe benefit quantification as standalone or integrated components of economic damages models.
Present Value & Fringe Benefits Analysis — Methodology
| Phase | What We Do | Deliverable |
|---|
| Forum & theory review | Confirm applicable discount rate framework and whether benefits are recoverable under damages theory. | Methodology memo citing forum standards |
| Benefits quantification | Calculate fringe benefit value from employer records or industry load factors. Document approach selected. | Fringe benefits schedule by year |
| Present value calculation | Discount future loss streams to present value. Provide nominal and real treatment as appropriate. | Present value summary with discount rate justification |
| Report integration | Integrate into full expert report or deliver standalone PV/benefits exhibit for solicitors or opposing expert response. | Expert report section or standalone exhibit |