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Litigation support

Litigation support is investigative work that supports legal proceedings — asset tracing, witness location, evidence gathering and intelligence — delivered to an evidentiary standard for use by counsel.

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What litigation support means in practice.

When a dispute moves towards proceedings, intelligence requirements shift. The question is no longer whether to enter a relationship but how to win — or settle effectively — once one has broken down. Litigation support applies investigative capability to that purpose: finding assets that a judgment can attach to, locating parties who have made themselves difficult to serve, gathering open-source evidence of conduct, and producing material that a solicitor or barrister can use with confidence.

The evidentiary standard is the critical distinction from standard advisory intelligence. A litigation support report must be sourced with precision: every finding attributed, every method documented, and any material that might be disclosed to the opposing party or the court prepared with that possibility in mind. Findings that cannot be attributed or that were obtained by questionable means may damage rather than assist a case.

Common litigation support tasks

Asset tracing is frequently the starting point — identifying where a defendant's assets are located so that interim injunctive relief such as a freezing injunction can be sought, or so that enforcement can proceed once judgment is obtained. Beyond assets, litigation support may involve locating witnesses who have moved or are avoiding service, verifying the bona fides of a counterparty who claims limited means, or mapping the network of entities through which fraud was structured, using open-source intelligence and corporate registry research.

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