Discreet investigative support for individuals, businesses, legal professionals and organisations requiring facts to be established, information to be verified, concerns to be examined or evidence to be developed before important personal, commercial or legal decisions are made.
Private and corporate investigations are used when a person or organisation needs information examined independently and methodically. The purpose of an investigation is not to guarantee a particular conclusion. It is to establish what can reasonably be determined from the circumstances, available information, lawful investigative methods and evidence that may be identified during the enquiry.
Private investigations generally concern matters affecting individuals, families or private interests. This can include verifying information, examining unexplained circumstances, locating information, investigating suspected dishonesty or developing a clearer factual picture before a client makes an important decision.
Corporate investigations focus on concerns affecting businesses and organisations. Matters may involve suspected fraud, employee misconduct, internal irregularities, information verification, due diligence, conflicts between accounts or other circumstances requiring an independent investigative assessment.
The appropriate investigative approach depends on the issue, available information and the questions that need to be answered. An engagement may involve one investigative method or several coordinated services.
Examining circumstances, timelines, available information and relevant sources to establish a clearer factual account of a matter.
Investigative support where fraud, dishonesty, unauthorised activity or other forms of misconduct are suspected.
Assessing information supplied to a client and attempting to verify relevant facts through appropriate available sources.
Investigative enquiries intended to help a client better understand relevant facts before significant personal or commercial decisions.
Independent investigative support for businesses examining internal incidents, irregularities or concerns involving personnel.
Identifying and assessing potentially relevant information or material where evidence may be needed to support decision-making or further action.
Bringing together information from appropriate sources so that relationships, events, inconsistencies or patterns can be more clearly understood.
Handling enquiries where confidentiality, discretion and careful management of information are particularly important.
Where appropriate, an investigation may incorporate surveillance, background enquiries, skip tracing, asset enquiries or other relevant Six Paths services.
Clients do not always begin with proof. Often, they begin with uncertainty, conflicting information or circumstances that require independent examination.
Information, behaviour or events appear inconsistent and the client needs the circumstances examined objectively.
A decision depends on information that should be checked before the client relies upon it.
There are concerns about possible deception, misconduct, misrepresentation or unauthorised activity.
Different versions of events exist and further investigation may help clarify what occurred.
Additional information may be appropriate before entering a major personal, professional or commercial arrangement.
The client needs to determine whether relevant information or supporting material can be identified and documented.
Every matter is different. The investigation is scoped around the circumstances, the client's objectives and what can appropriately be investigated.
You explain the circumstances, what concerns you and what you need to understand.
We identify the relevant questions and discuss an appropriate investigative scope for the matter.
Appropriate investigative enquiries are undertaken within the agreed scope and applicable requirements.
Information obtained is reviewed in context and assessed against the questions the investigation was intended to address.
Relevant findings are communicated and, where appropriate, possible next investigative steps can be discussed.
Private matters requiring discreet fact-finding, verification or independent investigative support.
Corporate concerns involving internal irregularities, suspected misconduct, fraud or information requiring verification.
Investigative support where attorneys or legal teams require information, enquiries or evidence development relevant to a matter.
Appropriate investigative support where independent enquiries or factual verification are required.
Individuals or organisations considering significant transactions, relationships or commercial decisions where additional verification may be appropriate.
Businesses addressing allegations of misconduct, fraud, dishonesty or other internal irregularities.
You do not need to have every detail before contacting Six Paths. A concise initial explanation is usually enough for us to understand the nature of the enquiry and discuss what may be appropriate.
Initial contact should focus on giving us enough information to understand the enquiry. It is generally unnecessary to send large quantities of documents or highly sensitive material before the matter has been discussed.
The information available at the end of an investigation depends on the circumstances and what the investigation establishes. No particular result or item of evidence can be guaranteed.
Relevant information established through the investigative enquiries undertaken.
Where available and appropriate, relevant supporting information or material identified during the investigation.
Organised information that may assist in understanding the sequence and context of relevant events.
Depending on the engagement, findings may be presented in an appropriate written investigative report.
Investigative enquiries can involve personal, commercial, legal and reputationally sensitive information. Six Paths approaches such matters with discretion and seeks to avoid unnecessary disclosure of information relating to an engagement.
Not every requested activity will necessarily be appropriate, available or possible. The investigative approach depends on the circumstances, the agreed scope, lawful access to relevant information and applicable professional or legal requirements.
Where an investigation cannot establish a particular suspicion, that does not mean the investigation has failed. An important function of professional investigation is to distinguish what can be supported by available information from what remains unverified.
Tell Six Paths what you know, what concerns you and what you need to understand. We can review the initial circumstances and discuss an appropriate investigative scope for the matter.
