Help the board make a defensible decision.

When the problem is inside the organisation

• A whistleblower report, unexplained payments or a gap in the accounts has reached the board.
• Employee or fiduciary misconduct needs to be established before anyone is dismissed or reported.
• You may have to tell a regulator or insurers, and the file has to be accurate when you do.

When another route may be better

An employment process can sit alongside this work, but it is not a substitute for an evidential file that may later be read by a regulator, a defendant or a judge. If the board already wants a predetermined finding, an investigation will not make that finding honest.

Privilege, employment and reporting

Employment law, regulatory notification duties and, if the facts are criminal, the same evidential standards as any later prosecution all sit on the same events. Privilege in internal investigations is easy to lose if the purpose and the audience are muddled. We identify hold, access and privilege before anyone is put on notice.

How an internal investigation is run

1. Scope, hold and privilege. Devices and accounts are preserved. Who may see the file is decided before interviews start.
2. Interviews and documents. Order of witnesses, continuity, and a record that can later be disclosed without embarrassment.
3. Findings the board can use. What is proved, what is not, and whether dismissal, a report, a claim or a private prosecution is supportable.

Principal risks

• A sloppy internal report can become unused material in a later prosecution or a gift to a claimant.
• Tipping off too early can destroy the hold.
• Mixing HR outcomes with evidential findings can undermine both.

Fees

We agree the scope and charging basis before substantive work begins. Most matters are charged by reference to time; a fixed fee may be available for a clearly defined preliminary review. Full rates and terms are on the Pricing page.

Who is responsible

Each matter is supervised by a named solicitor. Specialist investigators and forensic professionals are introduced where their expertise is needed, with their role and status explained. Job titles on this site are not a reserved-activity authorisation. Confirm current authorised individuals on the Regulatory information page and the public SRA record.