David Adamson

Practice: Adamson Forensic Accounting Ltd

14 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BD

Tel: 0131 228 8319 Fax: 0131 228 3700
Email: info@adamsonforensics.co.uk
Web: www.adamsonforensics.co.uk

Career History

Trained with Ernst & Whinney, Edinburgh 1978 - 1981

Audit assistant, then partner, with McKerrell Brown & Gray CA 1981 - 2006

Part-time finance manager Visual Impairment Services South East Scotland 1999-2002

Director of Adamson Forensic Accounting Ltd 2006 - present 

Director and trustee of Autism Treatment Trust 2008 - present

Director of Alba, a Dundee-based chartered accountancy practice, since June 2009. 

Professional memberships

Expert Witness Institute

Network of Independent Forensic Accountants ("NIFA").

Professional Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (1981).

Experience & specialist fields

Confiscation proceedings and civil recovery under the Proceeds of Crime Act

Loss of profits, compensation and personal injury claims

Alleged income support and tax credits fraud

Money laundering, theft and embezzlement. 

Around 200 completed cases by the end of 2008.

Court Attendances

Rare as most cases settle without going to proof.

Recent court appearances  as an expert witness in March 2008 and November 2008.

Interests