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Mr Ashton is a director in the London office of LECG. He graduated in economics with accounting and finance from the London School of Economics in 1970, joining Arthur Andersen in the same year and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1973. Mr Ashton became a partner in 1982. He retired from Arthur Andersen in June 2002, joining LECG in September 2002 as a director.
Over the last 35 years, Mr Ashton's responsibility has included both audit and financial consulting for a range of clients and industries including the construction, shipping, oil and gas, and chemical industries. Over the last 25 years he has specialised in claims consulting, and developed Arthur Andersen's UK litigation services practice, encompassing loss of profit claims, post-acquisition disputes, fraud investigations, construction claims, intellectual property disputes, professional negligence claims, insurance claims, and expert determinations.
Mr Ashton has been responsible for expert reports produced and evidence adduced in over 150 cases of litigation and arbitration. 16 cases have resulted in oral evidence being given (high court, arbitrations, tax commissioners, Iran-US Arbitration Tribunal, and expert determinations).
Mr Ashton has lectured extensively on a wide range of subjects. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a fellow of the Academy of Experts, and a member of the Energy Institute. He was for several years a member of the executive committee and board of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). Mr Ashton is an accredited mediator under the requirements of the Academy of Experts and CEDR.
He held a number of management positions in Arthur Andersen, including head of computer audit, and head of the UK consulting services practice. He headed the European litigation services and valuation practices, and for several years was responsible for quality control across the European business consulting practice, as area managing practice director. | 