Professional investigative support for attorneys, law firms, businesses and private clients who require facts to be verified, witnesses or parties to be located, evidence to be developed, or circumstances to be independently examined in connection with a legal matter.
Legal investigations support the factual development of civil, commercial, insurance and other lawful matters. The investigator's role is not to decide the legal case or replace legal counsel. It is to locate, verify, document and organise relevant information so that the client or legal team can make decisions from a clearer evidential foundation.
Legal matters can depend on details that are incomplete, disputed or difficult to establish from documents alone. Investigation can help develop timelines, verify accounts, identify relevant persons and examine circumstances requiring independent fact-finding.
Information obtained during an assignment is documented methodically. Where appropriate, observations, statements, photographs, video and other relevant material can be organised into a professional investigative record for review.
The scope depends on the legal issue, the evidence already available and the questions that remain unresolved. One assignment may require a single investigative task while another may involve several coordinated methods.
Lawful gathering and documentation of relevant information and material that may assist the client or legal team in understanding the facts surrounding a matter.
Investigative enquiries aimed at locating witnesses or other relevant persons whose whereabouts are unknown or require verification.
Professional interviews with relevant persons to clarify events, preserve factual accounts and identify information requiring further examination.
Lawful and discreet surveillance where observation of activity, movement or circumstances is relevant to the defined legal investigation.
Verification of identity, history, associations or other relevant information where a legal team requires additional factual context.
Examination and documentation of relevant locations, including observable conditions, access, layout and other circumstances that may assist the investigation.
Organising events, records, observations and accounts into a chronology to identify what is established, what conflicts and what may require additional investigation.
Where relevant, coordinated skip-tracing or asset-tracking services can support matters involving difficult-to-locate persons or identifiable assets.
Clear reporting that separates documented observations and information from assumptions, allowing the findings to be reviewed efficiently by the client or professional adviser.
Existing contact information may be outdated, incomplete or insufficient for the next stage of the matter.
Independent enquiries may help clarify timelines, identify additional sources and determine what information can be corroborated.
The legal team may need photographs, observations, interviews or other factual material relevant to the issues being examined.
Lawful surveillance or other investigative methods may be appropriate where conduct or circumstances are material to the matter.
Investigation can assist in establishing information that is not apparent from pleadings, correspondence or documents already available.
Findings can be organised into a clear chronology and report so that counsel can assess their relevance to the legal issues.
The client or legal team explains the matter, the factual issues, existing information, relevant deadlines and the specific investigative objectives.
We identify the investigative tasks, information required, lawful methods, priorities and practical limitations before work begins.
Enquiries are conducted according to the agreed scope. Relevant observations, interviews, findings and supporting material are documented.
Information is assessed against other available material, with inconsistencies, limitations and points requiring further enquiry identified where appropriate.
Findings and agreed supporting material are provided in a clear format for review by the instructing client or legal team.
External investigative support for cases requiring witness enquiries, evidence development, surveillance, verification or other defined investigative work.
Support for businesses dealing with disputes, misconduct, litigation, internal concerns or matters requiring independent factual enquiries.
Individuals involved in legal matters who require professional investigative assistance, whether directly or in coordination with their attorney.
Investigative support where a claim, dispute or anticipated legal proceeding requires additional factual development.
Organisations requiring documented fact-finding in connection with disputes, contractual issues, employee matters or other legal risk.
Appropriate investigative support for professionals assisting a client where factual verification or independent enquiries are necessary.
A focused brief helps ensure that investigative work addresses the actual issues in dispute rather than generating information that has little relevance to the matter.
The investigation should be scoped carefully with the instructing client or attorney. Do not send unnecessary privileged, confidential or highly sensitive documents through ordinary website messaging. We can identify what information is required and an appropriate method for providing it.
Deliverables are determined by the assignment and by what can actually be established. The investigative record should accurately reflect both the findings and any material limitations encountered.
A structured written account of the work conducted and relevant findings established during the assignment.
Where included in the scope, relevant witness or party accounts can be documented in the agreed form.
Relevant visual documentation obtained lawfully during scene work, surveillance or other authorised investigative activity.
Key events, observations and supporting information can be organised to make the factual sequence easier for the instructing team to assess.
Six Paths provides investigative fact-finding and documentation. We do not determine legal liability, give legal advice or promise that a particular piece of information will be admissible in a specific proceeding. Those questions remain matters for the instructing attorney and, where applicable, the court.
Investigative methods must remain lawful and appropriate to the assignment. Findings are reported according to what can reasonably be established, including information that may not support the client's original assumption or position.
Yes. A legal investigation can be scoped directly with the instructing attorney or law firm so that the investigative work is focused on the factual issues relevant to the matter.
Yes. Depending on the matter, we may work directly with the client or coordinate the investigative scope with the client's attorney. Investigative assistance is not a substitute for legal advice.
Where there is a legitimate purpose and sufficient identifying information, investigative enquiries and skip-tracing methods may be used to attempt to locate relevant persons.
Witness interviews and statement collection can form part of an agreed assignment. The appropriate format depends on the purpose of the investigation and the requirements of the instructing legal team.
Where visual documentation is relevant and lawfully obtained, photographs or video may be included among the investigative materials supplied under the assignment.
Admissibility is a legal question that depends on the jurisdiction, proceeding, evidence and applicable rules. We provide professional investigative documentation; the instructing attorney should determine how particular material may be used in the case.
No. Professional investigation must report what is actually established. Findings may support, contradict or simply add context to the information available when the assignment began.
A useful starting brief identifies the matter, the specific factual questions, relevant persons and locations, important dates, information already available and any deadline affecting the investigation.
Speak with Six Paths about the factual issues that need to be established. We can assess the investigative requirement, define an appropriate scope and explain the next step.