The situation
Different teams may hold separate parts of the same matter. Notes, correspondence and accounts need to be assembled into a chronology before the organisation can assess what happened and the roles involved.
Service
Establish whatactually happened.
We help businesses and law firms examine suspected misconduct, conflicts of interest and information leaks. We connect documents, human accounts and digital traces to test competing versions of events.
When to involve us
- An internal review has stalled on contradictory accounts.
- Events need to be reconstructed across documents, accounts and digital traces.
- There are concerns about misconduct, collusion, undisclosed roles or an information leak.
- Conflicts of interest or organisational proximity make internal assessment difficult.
What we examine
The scope follows the question and the material available.
- Chronology and gaps in the record
- Actual and stated roles of people and companies
- Documents and correspondence compared with other material
- Digital material relevant to the matter
- Human information where it can resolve a question
How we work
Material and hypotheses
We organise the material and identify competing accounts. The client’s account is a hypothesis to test, not an assumed conclusion.
Connecting events
We place documents, traces and accounts in time. Where timing cannot be established, we state that limitation.
Testing accounts
We compare alternative explanations against the material, including information that challenges an initial view.
Recording findings
The reconstruction includes unresolved points and why they could not be explained.
What you receive
A reconstruction of events with the basis and confidence level of each finding and the areas requiring further examination.
We agree the form of the deliverable and the scope of recommendations before work begins. The outcome includes limitations and questions that remain unresolved.
The experience behind the work
- Internal investigation support
- Event and role reconstruction
- Document and interview analysis
- Connecting digital material with other findings