Litigation Support

Litigation support research can help legal teams understand the factual environment around a dispute: the parties, corporate relationships, chronology, public-record asset indicators, relevant background and information that may affect pre-action, settlement, proceedings or enforcement strategy.

For legal teams, investigative support can help develop factual context before proceedings, test a counterparty narrative, identify asset indicators and inform the proportionality of enforcement or recovery steps.

Carratu International also supports litigation funders where the same factual questions affect investment screening, recoverability or enforcement analysis. See investigation and intelligence support for litigation funders.

Research shaped by the legal question

The most useful instruction identifies the issue the solicitor is trying to resolve. That may be whether a proposed defendant is the correct entity, how companies are connected, whether a witness or director can be located, what public information bears on a disputed account, or whether recovery prospects justify further cost.

Typical areas of support

• Pre-action background and counterparty intelligence.
• Parties, directors, shareholders, controllers and connected entities.
• Corporate history, predecessor businesses and relevant insolvency events.
• Public-record asset and property indicators.
• Witness, location and professional-background context where appropriate.
• Source-referenced chronology and comparison of material public statements.
• Open-source research relevant to fraud, misrepresentation or recovery.

Separating intelligence from evidence

Investigative findings can inform legal strategy without automatically becoming admissible evidence. Solicitors remain responsible for questions of privilege, disclosure, admissibility and the procedural use of material. Carratu International therefore records source provenance, coverage and evidential confidence so findings can be assessed properly by the legal team.

Proportionate pre-action research

An initial assessment brings together the corporate structure, trading history, location and asset information relevant to the matter. The resulting enquiry plan sets out the factual priorities, reporting requirements and any specialist input to be coordinated with the legal team.

Reporting for legal teams

Reports can include a concise findings note, chronology, entity map, asset-information schedule or a more detailed source-referenced report. The emphasis is on clarity: what is established, how it was established, what remains uncertain and what further questions may assist the matter.

Read when a solicitor may benefit from instructing an investigator before or during a dispute.