The Braeburn Group — Litigation & Investigations Support

The Braeburn Group provides discreet, legally compliant investigative support to UK and international law firms engaged in contentious matters. We operate as an extension of your litigation team, delivering court-defensible intelligence, factual evidence, and witness material that strengthens case strategy, informs settlement decisions, and withstands scrutiny in disclosure.

Our investigators combine former law-enforcement, intelligence, and specialist risk-consulting backgrounds with strict evidential discipline and data-protection controls. Every task is conducted proportionately, ethically, and in line with UK law and litigation best practice.

Core Capabilities

Covert Surveillance — personal injury and casualty fraud, staged insurance fraud, capability and activity validation, employment misconduct, cohabitation and lifestyle issues, asset use and dissipation
Witness Interviewing & Statement Taking — fact-finding interviews, formal witness statements, affidavits and declarations, re-interviews to address inconsistencies
Litigation Intelligence — background and relationship enquiries, asset and lifestyle profiling, site visits and scene assessments, timeline reconstruction, OSINT and digital footprint analysis, public records and corporate intelligence, third-party canvassing
Fraud & Asset Recovery Support — asset identification and tracing, dissipation risk indicators, pre-action intelligence, enforcement support

Why Law Firms Choose Braeburn

Former law-enforcement and intelligence professionals
Litigation-aware reporting and statement discipline
Discreet, reputation-sensitive approach
Rapid deployment capability across the UK
Clear, fixed-fee or scoped pricing
Trusted partner to disputes, insurance, employment, family, and private wealth teams

Pre-Action Intelligence & Dissipation Risk Support

Fixed Scope · Fixed Fee · 10 Working Days

We provide structured pre-action intelligence to assist litigation teams where asset dissipation or concealment risk is suspected. This service informs freezing order consideration, disclosure strategy, early leverage assessment, and counterparty risk evaluation.

In high-value fraud and commercial disputes, asset transfers often precede procedural escalation, corporate control shifts obscure beneficial ownership, behaviour hardens once formal proceedings begin, and dissipation evidence must be defensible at application stage. A defined pre-action intelligence phase reduces uncertainty before significant cost exposure.

What We Deliver

Counterparty Intelligence Mapping — corporate and beneficial ownership structures, director and associate networks, litigation and regulatory history, known asset indicators, reputation and exposure review
Dissipation Risk Assessment — pre-litigation asset movement, related-party transactions, dormant entity activation, director or control changes, jurisdictional migration, lifestyle and declared income inconsistencies
Strategic Observations — behavioural pattern analysis, dissipation likelihood commentary, potential leverage points, sequencing considerations

Engagement Model

Matter-specific instruction
Pre-action intelligence scoping
Panel supplier agreement
Annual retainer for priority response
White-label support under firm brand (if required)
National UK coverage with international partners for cross-border matters

Typical Clients

Insurance defence and counter-fraud teams
Commercial litigation and civil fraud practices
Employment and regulatory investigations
Family and matrimonial specialists
Contentious probate and private wealth disputes