Forensic Investigation Specialists
Turning Intelligence into Evidence to help prove your case
About Us
The Land and Sea Forensics team has over 40 years of experience in carrying out sensitive and discrete investigations, across more than 50 countries.
We provide a range of specialist, intelligence led services to ensure the compliance of your business, and provide a strong evidence base to support your case if things have gone wrong. Our clients include shipowners and operators, P&I clubs, UK and international law firms, energy companies, financial institutions, and commodity traders.
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Uniquely, we believe, we offer a personal service with fresh (not off the shelf) evidential standard reporting by our team of law enforcement specialists against every enquiry and, whilst offering a range of standard products, are able to tailor these to client need. We also offer dependable support and advice at every stage of an investigation.
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Our team comprises former UK law enforcement professionals, who hold significant expertise in financial investigation, intelligence analysis, fraud prevention, covert operations and complex crime investigation. As such we understand the nature of criminality. The model to the right shows a simple summary of our investigative approach, from conception to delivery.
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Our Investigative Model:
Our Recent Work
Our recent work completed for Clients has included:
'On behalf of a P&I Club and its member, we investigated a claim for damage against a vessel by a cargo terminal'.
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Our role involved reviewing vessel movements, interrogating AIS data, and reviewing historical port and traffic data, leading to the claim value being substantially reduced.
'A series of Enhanced Due Diligence investigations
on behalf of a shipowner client'.
Our role was to investigate and report on financial and corporate standing, as well as credit risk, of potential counterparties prior to conclusion of fixtures. Detailed findings materially assisted the client in their decision making.
'Asset investigation into Hong Kong shipowner
on behalf of a P&I club and its member'.
Our role was to successfully investigate and identify potential assets against which an arbitration award could be enforced.
'Asset investigation into a Belizean shipowner on behalf of London lawyers'.
Our role was to successfully investigate potential assets and related companies against which enforcement action might be taken.
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'A personal injury claim investigation on behalf of a P&I club and its cruise ship owner member'.
Our role was to investigate injury claims advanced by a passenger, which included background and financial checks, as well as an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the alleged injury. Our findings provided grounds to resist the claim.
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