Services

What we investigate, and what you receive.

Factual investigations, surveillance, incident and workplace investigations and aerial scene capture for insurers, self-insurers, employers and solicitors. Each engagement is scoped in writing at referral, carried out under NSW Master Licence 000111255, and delivered as a written report with supporting evidence.

01 / Factual Investigations

Factual Investigations

Interviews, signed statements, scene inspection and document review for workers compensation, work injury damages and public liability claims. The report records what was said, what we inspected and what the documents show, with no opinion on liability or medical questions.

What we take on

  • Workers compensation claims: injury circumstances, worker status and third-party recovery enquiries, to the expectations in SIRA Standard of practice S24
  • Work injury damages: the circumstances of the injury, the witnesses and the records
  • Public liability claims for general insurers, to the claims investigation standards in the General Insurance Code of Practice

What you receive

  • Signed statements in the witness's own words, dated, in numbered paragraphs and signed on every page
  • Scene inspection record with measurements, photographs and video
  • Written factual report with the statements, documents and inspection record attached
Interviews are planned to the expectations in Standard of practice S24: not to exceed two hours, at a place nominated by the worker, with a support person or interpreter where requested, and statements returned promptly so the insurer can provide the worker's copy within 10 working days.
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02 / Surveillance

Surveillance

Covert observation of the worker named in the referral, in or from public places only, without inducement, entrapment or trespass. Conducted within the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) and to the expectations in SIRA Standard of practice S25, as amended in December 2025.

What we take on

  • Workers compensation claims referred under Standard of practice S25, with scope and duration agreed in writing before any activity starts
  • CTP claims, to Part 4 of SIRA's Motor Accident Guidelines
  • Psychological injury claims, with particular care, where SIRA asks insurers to weigh the need for any surveillance against the worker's recovery and return to work

What you receive

  • Timestamped surveillance log
  • Video and still photographs where lawfully obtained, with other people redacted where possible
  • Written report of what was observed, with no opinion on capacity or liability, stored and shared securely
Only the worker named in the referral is observed. We do not record conversations, make pretext approaches or contact anyone through social media, and we do not conduct covert surveillance of employees at work.
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03 / Incident & Workplace

Incident & Workplace Investigations

Independent investigation of workplace incidents, injuries and conduct matters, commissioned by employers, insurers and their solicitors. Structured with the ICAM method, with witness statements taken in a form suitable for use in later proceedings.

What we take on

  • Incidents and injuries: the sequence of events and the contributing factors, structured around absent or failed defences, individual or team actions, task and environmental conditions and organisational factors
  • Conduct and grievance matters: findings on the balance of probabilities, with stronger evidence required the more serious the allegation
  • Management action: what management did, when, under which policy and with what contemporaneous evidence

What you receive

  • Signed witness statements in the witness's own words, in the first person, dated and signed on every page
  • Investigation report setting out the facts, the evidence relied on and the ICAM analysis
  • Scene record of photographs, measurements and video, scheduled around any SafeWork NSW requirements and without disturbing a preserved site
Whether management action was reasonable is a decision for the Fair Work Commission, the Personal Injury Commission or a court, not for us. Our report sets out the facts and the process. Statutory investigations under the Work Health and Safety Act are conducted by SafeWork NSW inspectors.
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04 / Aerial Scene Capture

Aerial Scene Capture

Sites and scenes documented from the air after an incident, flown by a remote pilot licensed by CASA. It is used to record places, not to observe people.

What we take on

  • Incident sites and their surroundings, as a companion to a scene inspection record
  • Public liability scenes where layout, access and surrounding conditions matter
  • Sites and premises, with the consent of the landowner or occupier

What you receive

  • Still photographs and video of the site, with no audio
  • Imagery supplied with the scene inspection record where one is commissioned
Aerial capture is flown within CASA's rules and with the consent of the landowner or occupier. It records places and is not used to observe people.
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Other services

Background checks and skip tracing.

Background Checks

Identity, public-record and history checks for employment and commercial decisions, conducted from lawful sources and reported in a structured written format.

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Skip Tracing

Lawful, record-based tracing to locate a person for a legitimate purpose, such as a witness, a debtor or a party for service of documents.

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