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what you can do next.
You may need a full investigation or a practical pointer. Explore what each service involves, what to prepare and how PDC can help you move forward.
Private clients
Personal matters. Professional discretion.
When a situation affects your family, finances or peace of mind, clear information helps you decide what to do next.
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Businesses
Clarity for important business decisions.
Investigative support for organisations facing uncertainty about people, counterparties, transactions or suspected wrongdoing.
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Solicitors
Investigative support for your legal team.
Focused enquiries, tracing and practical support shaped around your instructions and your client’s matter.
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your matter needs.
Understand the financial picture
Asset tracing & financial enquiries
Establish what can be verified about property, business interests and other assets before deciding your next step in a dispute, recovery matter or private financial concern.
Explore the serviceFacts for commercial decisions
Corporate investigations
Focused investigative support for business concerns, commercial disputes and sensitive internal matters, shaped around the decision you need to make.
Explore the serviceFind a responsible way forward
People tracing
Help with locating someone for a legitimate purpose, from reconnecting with a former contact to finding a person relevant to a legal matter.
Explore the serviceA clear instruction. An accurate record.
Process serving & legal documents
Practical support for solicitors, businesses and private clients who need legal documents served and the steps taken properly recorded.
Explore the serviceObservation with a defined purpose
Surveillance enquiries
Assess whether a carefully scoped observation enquiry could answer a legitimate factual question in a business, legal or private matter.
Explore the servicePreserve the device. Understand the evidence.
Digital forensics & data examination
Authorised examination of phones, computers and other digital media to assess what relevant information is available and what it can reliably establish.
Explore the serviceA clear brief. A personal conversation.Know what happens
Know what happens
before you instruct us.
Begin with the question you need answered. We can discuss which enquiries may help, what the work can realistically establish and the costs involved.
- Tell us what you need to resolve.A brief outline and the information you already hold are enough to start.
- Understand the options.Discuss scope, methods, limitations and reporting before work begins.
- Agree the next step.Choose whether a basic pointer or a professional instruction fits your need.
A little help, freely givenUseful resources.
Useful resources.
No instruction required.
Practical guidance to help you find public information, check what it means and prepare a useful enquiry.
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Get more useful results from a Google search
A practical way to narrow a search, check the original source and keep track of what you have actually established.
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What 192.com can and cannot tell you
Understand directory records, recognise their limits and avoid spending money on searches that cannot answer your question.
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Facebook birthdays: what a public profile can establish
A birthday shown on Facebook can be a useful clue, but visibility, identity and accuracy all need careful thought.
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A sensible first check on Companies House
Use the official register to understand a company's identity and filing history, then decide what still needs checking.
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A useful next step starts with a conversation.
Tell us what you need to establish and what you have already tried. We can discuss a basic pointer or the scope of professional support.
Further perspectivesFor investigation professionals Understanding legal service concerns
Other websites from PDC’s owner.
PI for PI
A project for investigators to connect around professional assignments, local support and overflow work. Visit the site for information about the practitioner network and its waitlist.
Explore PI for PILaw Firm Complaints
A separate resource covering concerns about legal services, including complaints, fees and professional negligence, with information about possible routes forward and sharing an experience.
Visit Law Firm ComplaintsThe PDC knowledge roomA more informed
A more informed
first step.
Start with the information you can check for yourself. Our guides explain what to look for, where to be cautious and when to ask for help.
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Put it into practice
Checklists & templates
Organise a brief, build a timeline and record the source of information.
Understand your options
Questions, answered
Costs, timescales, discretion and what happens when you instruct PDC.
A human perspective
Ask for a basic pointer
Tell us what you have tried and where you have reached a dead end.