Elephant Concepts

Australia's most experienced Law tutor.

Fact finding for litigation. Litigation support. Legal research.

Developing words and concepts: Training, product and operations manuals. Franchising manuals. Website content.

Number - crunching: Forensic accounting and commercial debt counselling. Business planning and coaching.

Research: Key areas: Import and export permits, Liquor licences, Town Planning Permits

FAQ about the elephant

Forensic what?

Forensics is about evidence. It means first finding, and then assembling, facts so that they form a logical chain that can be used in presentation to a court.

In financial terms this is simple: “Where did the money go?” In the context of a business, this may mean that

money has been stolen by an employee. This commonly happens to support drug and gambling habits;
money has been stolen by an partner or spouse from a family business and disguised as a legitimate business expense;
money has been taken out of a company by its directors with an intent to defraud creditors;
management has paid itself large salaries even though a company is doing poorly;
the company has simply been mismanaged.

Whether you’re the owner of a business, an accountant or a liquidator, you’ll be able to use Elephant Concepts’ services. Over 10 years of experience as a lawyer specialising in bankruptcy and liquidation and the author of a specialised textbook in the area has given our principal, Jon Yaakov Gorr, the ability to go beyond where accountants go - simply collating the information from documents - and measure expenses against industry norms and averages, in order to identify:

invoices on which secret commissions may be being paid or received;

fraudulent management charges;

fictitious charges for recurrent items such as freight;

petty cash rorts on expensive items such as flowers or catering;

pilfering of stock by staff;

relatives taking stock as supposed part of employee benefits;

time sheet rorting.

Sometimes, you just need to know. If money is being lost through bad business practice, or can be saved by changing business methods, we'll tell you.

Other times, matters have to go to court, in which case you can rely on our ability to present professional expert witness statements and give impressive expert evidence.

Hourly rate $140, daily rate $1000, contract and standby discounts available.

Area 2, 105 Victoria St, Fitzroy Victoria 3065 -
Phone 03-9016 3745 Fx 03-9415 8745 Skype elephant-au
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