Situations where investigation or intelligence support may help solicitors assess parties, assets, background and pre-action options.
Before proceedings
Pre-action intelligence can help assess parties, connected entities, commercial context, asset indicators and the proportionality of litigation.
During a dispute
Research may support chronology development, witness or background context, company mapping, location questions and claim testing.
Enforcement and recovery
Asset and entity research can help decide whether further legal recovery steps appear proportionate.
Professional boundaries
Investigation supports legal strategy but does not replace legal advice or the solicitor’s evidential and disclosure obligations.
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