Content outline

• The Property (Relationships) Act
  • Fact situation – when Mary met Peter
  • Property (Relationships) legislation – the main changes
  • Peter and Mary and the Property (Relationships) Act
• Basic concepts of valuation
  • The expert’s viewpoint
  • More recent approaches to discounted cash flow valuation 
• Identifying problems and applying the theory
  • Fair value v fair market value
  • Choice of valuation methodology
  • Assessing future performance for valuation purposes
  • Asset valuations and adjustments
  • Discounts and premiums for special parcels
  • Goodwill and the "bundle of rights"
  • Valuation of interests in professional practices
  • Intellectual property and "e-valuations"
  • Matrimonial property cases as precedent
• Possible approaches under the new Act
  • Peter and Mary and s 15
• How to get the best value from your expert - the expert's viewpoint
  • The primary evidence
  • Assistance with cross-examination
• How to get the best value from your expert - counsel's viewpoint
  • Evidence in chief – working with your own witness
  • Cross-examination
  • Common flaws in valuation reports in matrimonial property proceedings