Expert profile

Sally Davitt

Partner

Highlights

Chartered Accountant with 20 years of experience in forensic accounting.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Experienced in disputes alleging loss and damage and post-acquisition issues.
Specialises in taxation-related disputes and complex accounting irregularities and issues.
Expertise in warranty and indemnity insurance matters, intellectual property disputes, and account of profits issues.
Experienced in complex financial and fraud investigations for lawyers, corporates, government, and not-for-profit clients.

Services

Industries

Sally has a strong attention to detail concerning the needs of my various clients. She presents technical information for my client, the court or tribunal in an easy-to-understand way.
Lexology Index - Investigations - Forensic Accountants

Expertise

Sally Davitt is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience. She has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert on numerous occasions.

Sally has testified in proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. She has acted as an expert in an expert determination and has prepared numerous expert reports on disputes alleging loss and damage and post-acquisition issues, in some cases with values of over $1 billion.

Sally specializes in complex financial investigations, commercial disputes, accounting irregularities, forensic audits, intellectual property disputes, warranty and indemnity insurance cases, cost verification reviews, fraud investigations, and government and regulatory compliance. She has conducted numerous reviews on behalf of regulators, investigations into groups of companies with tax avoidance structures, and identification of accounting irregularities in complex groups of companies and trusts, and preparation for liquidators’ public examinations.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

Investigations – Forensic Accountants
Consulting – Forensic Accountants
Australia and New Zealand – Investigations Forensic Accountants

Sally Davitt commands a spectacular reputation for her “excellent” technical acumen in forensic accounting, having assisted law firms, corporates, and government bodies in Australia and the UK. She is most recognised for her work on complex accounting irregularities in regulatory investigations and in court proceedings, and as an expert witness in intellectual property matters.
Lexology Index - Consulting - Forensic Accountants

Background

Sally has assisted law firms, corporate, government and not for profit clients with forensic audits for compliance, governance and cost quantification purposes in numerous areas, including financial services, matrimonial issues and estate disputes. Her work includes high-profile investigations and disputes in Australia and the UK, and she has spent time on secondment with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and a UK audit firm.

Sally is a Forensic Accounting Specialist and Certified Business Valuation Specialist, as designated by Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.