Corporate profile
Why choose Brown Economic?
The data...- Brown Economic has purchased vast custom databases from Statistics Canada’s Census for income levels by occupation, education, geography, gender and age for the years: 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.
- Brown Economic purchases management consulting surveys on an annual basis from organizations like Watson Wyatt, the Chamber of Commerce, Toronto Board of Trade, Petroleum Services Association, APEGGA, CompInsight, etc. which publish hiring rates for job titles and current positions by firm size, revenue levels, and industry along with per diem or bonus payments and stock option grants. Trade associations who conduct salary surveys are routinely canvassed.
- Brown Economic has assembled precise data for quantifiable contingencies (positive - fringe benefits; negative - unemployment, participation, part-time work, disability, mortality).
- Canada Law Book publishes Damages: Estimating Pecuniary Loss each year from Ms. Brown's annual updates.
Access to this comprehensive body of data and ongoing R&D makes our estimates more accurate than most other forensic analyses.
The litigation experience...Since 1989, Ms. Brown has testified more than 120 times in Canada (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland) and in the US (Texas and North Dakota). Dr. Strain is qualified to give evidence in New Brunswick. Experience in court translates into reports that can withstand court scrutiny. Litigation experience has translated into drafting questions & answers for testimony or cross-examination to assist counsel during trial.
Landmark cases...Ms. Brown has been involved in some landmark decisions and notable settlements: Muir v. Government of Alberta; Duncan v. Baddeley; the Milgaard family $10 million settlement; Fullowka v. Royal Oak Ventures et al; Young v. Memorial University; Williams v. Thomas Corp; B.M.G v. Attorney General. These decisions affirm the company’s methodologies and written reports.
The cross-Canada knowledge...Brown Economic has developed software that enables calculations to be done in all tort jurisdictions in Canada, both on a "gross" and "net" income basis; and collateral benefits can be deducted. Studies of housekeeping awards in different jurisdictions in Canada, replacement rates in each province, and published articles on dealing with housekeeping claims, reveal expertise on housekeeping claims that has breadth and depth. Specialties in other areas of economics (i.e., agricultural) draw on expertise from other regions of Canada.