Chris Makin
Position: Mediator
Summary of Qualifications
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Admitted 1968, fellow 1979
- Fellow of the Academy of Experts, Practising. Admitted 1990, fellow 1994
- Qualified commercial mediator (Member of Faculty, Academy of Experts) 1998
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management 1984
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2006
- Professional Experience
- Partner or Principal in the international firm of Mazars Neville Russell or predecessor firms continuously from April 1971 to October 1998
- Partner in the national firm of Bentley Jennison 1998 to 2003, latterly National Head of Litigation
- Consultant to Bentley Jennison, litigation support & mediation, October 2003 to March 2006
General Practice Experience
Accountancy, audit, taxation and general business advice, wide variety of clients
Support member, or confidential counsellor, for chartered accountants with ethical problems
Spokesman on forensic accounting for the West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants
Mediation Experience
Acted as mediator in partnership, director, share valuation, company sale & purchase, Section 459, construction, rights of way & boundaries, defamation, intellectual property, professional negligence, business interruption, housing disrepair, ToLATA, employment & many kinds of contract disputes
Frequent lecturer on mediation matters; trained in time limited and advanced mediation techniques
Participated in mock mediations to demonstrate power of mediation to judges, barristers & solicitors
Litigation Support Experience
Involvement in both civil and criminal matters for 20 years, covering the following areas:
- Loss of profit and consequential loss
- Business & share valuations
- Matrimonial valuations
- Partnership disputes
- Professional negligence
- Criminal & commercial fraud investigations
- Personal injury & fatal accidents
- Drug trafficking etc asset tracing & confiscation
Attendance at court & meetings of experts. Many appointments as SJE. Given expert evidence about 70 times
Expert determinations appointed by the Court, by the parties, & by President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
Past contributor to Kemp & Kemp “The Quantum of Damages”, and author of a chapter in that work on quantification of loss of profits for the self-employed and family businesses
Frequent lecturer to professionals and writer for professional journals
Committee member, Forensic Special Interest Group, Institute of Chartered Accountants
Member, Investigations Committee, Academy of Experts
“Lifetime Achiever” finalist 2006, West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants
Specialist Areas:
Disputes including:
- Business purchase and sale
- Partnerships
- Contractual failings
- Professional negligence
- Construction
- Contracting
- Rights of way
- Boundaries
- Fees
- Playwrights
- Fraud
- Housing disrepair
- Expensive motor cars
Civil & commercial mediation