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About Family Law Valuations
Family Law Valuations provides clear, independent business valuations for negotiation, mediation, property settlements and, through appropriately qualified experts, court proceedings.
Who we are
Family Law Valuations is a specialist division of Oliver Group, an Australian business valuation practice. The division provides independent valuations of privately owned businesses, companies, trusts, partnerships and professional practices where a marriage or de facto relationship has ended.
Independent business valuations for separation and property settlements. Clear, independent business valuations for separation, mediation, property settlements and court proceedings.
One value. Independently reached.
Why this practice
Why a dedicated family law valuation practice
A valuation for a property settlement is read by people who disagree, and sometimes by a court. It has to answer questions a valuation for a sale or for tax does not: what the owner really earns for the work they do, what the business would be without them, how an interest held through a trust or a minority holding should be treated, and what changed between the valuation date and today. It also has to be explained to a person who did not run the business and may not trust the figures they have been shown.
A practice that does only this work can keep its scope, its language and its fees clear. It can say at the outset whether a matter needs a Settlement Valuation for negotiation and mediation, or an expert report for court, and it can write for the reader who is least likely to accept the figure.
Independent means independent.
Our role is to determine a supportable value from the available evidence, not to produce the highest or lowest number for either party. Every conclusion must be capable of being explained, tested and defended.
We do not act as an advocate for either party, we do not provide legal advice and we do not adjust a valuation to achieve a preferred outcome. The same method applies whoever instructs us. The report is written so that the other party, their advisers and, where required, the Court can follow and test the reasoning.
Signed by the valuer who did the work
How reports are prepared and signed
Every report is prepared and signed by the valuer who accepts the instructions. For a Settlement Valuation, that valuer is identified in the engagement letter and signs the final report. For a Court Expert Valuation, the signing valuer will be a Chartered Accountant, a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. That expert is identified in the engagement, together with their qualifications and experience, and the report carries their signature and declaration of independence. The appointed expert's overriding duty is to the Court.
No report is issued in the firm's name alone, and no report is signed by someone who did not do the work. Court Expert Valuation engagements are subject to conflict checking, scope review, suitable instructions and acceptance by the appointed expert.
Where we work
Family Law Valuations serves clients and advisers Australia-wide. Most engagements are handled remotely, from documents and calls, and that is how most clients prefer it. Meetings are available at Oliver Group's offices:
- Melbourne
- Level 7, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
- Sydney
- 377 New South Head Road, Double Bay NSW 2028
- Brisbane
- Level 11, 458 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
- Perth
- Meetings by appointment
Remote engagements are available for Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin and regional Australia. The enquiry form asks for your state or territory so we can take any local considerations into account.
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