Expert
Witness Service

Drawing on extensive forensic accounting experience, Johan and Annette provide independent and impartial expert financial evidence in litigation, arbitration, commissions of enquiry and disciplinary proceedings located in South Africa and internationally.

We bring trusted forensic accounting insight to high-profile disputes involving listed companies, multinational organisations and complex civil cases.

Our unbiased expert opinions are prepared with meticulous attention to detail and communicated with clarity and precision. Complex financial issues are translated into clear, objective, and well-supported conclusions that assist in developing an informed understanding of matters under consideration.

Behind Our Expert Witness Work

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Comprehensive Expert
Witness Support

Our expert witness services include an in-depth analysis of all available financial and supporting documentation, preparation of comprehensive expert reports, participation in expert meetings, and delivery of clear, confident oral testimony during evidence-in-chief and under cross-examination.

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Joint
Expert Engagement

Kahamelo engages constructively with opposing experts in joint meetings and panels of experts, and has served as the joint expert appointed by parties to narrow issues in dispute, prepare joint minutes, and help streamline proceedings and focus the court or tribunal on the true areas of disagreement.

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Trusted
Across Forums

Our expert evidence is relied upon during court, arbitration, and mediation proceedings, as well as commissions of enquiry and disciplinary hearings, and in equivalent forums internationally, providing courts, tribunals, and panels with objective and independent expert financial evidence.

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What Peers and
Instructing Counsel Say

“Johan was simply brilliant. Johan possesses an ability to reduce hard facts to simple conclusions and his ability to communicate complicated issues was superb.” – Michael Fitzgerald SC

“Johan’s experience as an expert witness and the team’s ability to reduce hard facts to simple yet logical deductions were some of the reasons for this decision.” – Gavin Sinclair, Palladian Advisory Services

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Qualifications

Backed by CA(SA), MBA and ACFE qualifications and extensive experience as testifying experts, our team translates complex financial evidence into clear, credible findings the courts can rely on. Kahamelo Forensic Services (Johan Ferreira) has further been recognised by Who’s Who Legal as among the highest-ranked experts in WWL: Consulting Experts 2023.

Relevant Case History

International Asset Tracing in London and Greece structures
  • Divorce Proceedings

International Asset Tracing in London and Greece structures

Kahamelo (mandated by Vanessa Fernihough and Associates) provided litigation assistance and estate calculation procedures in a divorce matter, which included the valuation of companies and tracing of national and international assets based in London and Greece, consisting of property, trusts, companies, and cash and cash equivalents, and verifying whether these assets had a source directly attributable to inheritance. Johan was appointed as an expert witness during the High Court proceedings.
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Superior Court of the State of California Divorce Matter – Court Declaration and Expert Witness
  • Divorce Proceedings

Superior Court of the State Of California Divorce Matter – Court Declaration and Expert Witness

Kahamelo was mandated by Mr. Mark Kaplan of the Law Offices of Kaplan & Gekht, a law firm based in the United States of America, to quantify an exact personal spending figure per month for the Respondent based on a dataset of 77 bank accounts’ 7 392 bank statements for a ten year period and to review the Respondent’s total income available for support in order to determine a total average monthly and cash flow available for support. Johan has been retained as an Expert Witness in the divorce proceedings.
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Flow of Funds to Quantify ANC Excluded Assets
  • Divorce Proceedings

Flow of Funds to Quantify ANC Excluded Assets

Kahamelo was mandated to trace and determine the application of funds that flowed from the sale of goodwill attached to an Optometrist Practice, excluded from the party’s estate, over more than twenty-five (25) years. Annette has been retained as an Expert Witness in the court proceedings.
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Expert Witness during Section 417 Enquiry (Insolvency Matter)
  • Liquidation & Business Rescue

Expert Witness during Section 417 Enquiry (Insolvency Matter)

Kahamelo was mandated by D&T Trust liquidators to carry out a forensic investigation that focused on the financial difficulties experienced by Marine and Offshore Logistics Services Provider, its mismanagement, breakdowns in its internal controls, poor corporate governance, fraud, misappropriation, and other illicit activities. Kahamelo also assisted the liquidators with expert reports to support claims against related parties for the misappropriation of company assets. Johan testified as an expert witness during the Section 417 Enquiry (Arbitrator: Advocate Fritz Brand SC, former judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa).
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  • Liquidation & Business Rescue

Expert Witness during Arbitration Insolvency Matter

Kahamelo (mandated by the D&T Trust Liquidators) conducted a forensic investigation into a South African Mining Services Contractor’s financial affairs prior to and during its business rescue. Kahamelo reported on whether the company’s directors contravened Section 424 of the Companies Act. Kahamelo also assisted D&T Trust in drafting a report to SARS regarding the business rescue practitioner’s conduct. Johan testified as an expert witness during the Arbitration proceedings (Arbitrator: Advocate Louis Harms, a former deputy president of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal).
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Expert Witness in Ceded Claim Arbitration Matter
  • Valuations

Expert Witness in Ceded Claim Arbitration Matter

Kahamelo was mandated by Mendelsons Attorneys to perform an independent valuation of a ceded Claim at the time it was acquired by a South African Mining Finance Company. Johan provided expert evidence (Arbitrator Nazeer Cassim SC) in support of the independent valuation of the ceded claim during the arbitration, specifically in relation to the reasonableness of the consideration determined by the company for the acquisition of the claim.
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Expert Witness for Preference Shares Valuation in Court Matter
  • Valuations

Expert Witness for Preference Shares Valuation in Court Matter

Kahamelo was mandated by Labuschagne Attorneys to perform an independent valuation of a large Citrus Farming Operation’s preference shares. During this engagement, Kahamelo identified that the redeemable preference shares were in substance over form ordinary shares and, therefore, Kahamelo valued the party’s preference shareholding, as well as ordinary shareholding. Johan testified in the Magistrate Court as an Expert Witness for Advocate Ilse Vermaak-Hay SC.
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  • Litigation & Civil

Independent Forensic Analysis of Share Transactions

Kahamelo (mandated by Moodie & Robertson Attorneys) performed an independent forensic analysis of and provided an opinion on the shareholding of a Southern African Logistics Company, including the evaluation of the alleged 2018 transfer of shares. Mr Ferreira was retained as the expert evidence in support of the independent forensic analysis during the arbitration proceedings.
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Loss of Income Matter – Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services
  • Litigation & Civil

Loss of Income Matter – Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services

Kahamelo (mandated by Weavind & Weavind Attorneys) is currently assisting a South African Engineering Services Joint Venture with litigation support and expert witness services by verifying and quantifying the loss of income that was suffered due to the delay of the commencement dates of more than three hundred projects in four provinces by the National Department of Public Works (South Africa).
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