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Investigations

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It takes discipline and tenacity to investigate thoroughly under intense scrutiny.

Our investigations team have conducted more than 250 investigations over the last 10 years, both in the UK and internationally, always carefully identifying and managing the risks, meticulously uncovering and analysing the facts, and making sure that all parties are treated fairly.

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Our services

Workplace investigations

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Our lawyers have undertaken hundreds of sensitive, high-profile, and complex investigations, from #metoo issues such as sexual harassment and misconduct through to financial wrongdoing, data breaches, sports investigations and safeguarding controversies. Our experience also covers investigations into racism and other discrimination issues; from investigating isolated incidences to allegations of institutional concerns.

Ensuring confidentiality to protect your brand and people from reputational damage, sometimes under intense media scrutiny, our priority is always to build trust and sensitively manage all the human elements at play. So, as well as expert lawyers, our team includes HR professionals and trained mental health first-aiders.

We handle everything from unearthing evidence, interviewing witnesses, and working with forensic experts to preparing detailed reports and – where we are asked to - making recommendations for change.

We’re also able to provide relevant legal advice on the matter, through a separate team of lawyers operating on the other side of a formal information barrier.

Our team includes experienced HR consultants who can assist with investigations or can act as an extension of your team, helping with issues of capacity and impartiality where needed.

Related areas

We offer more than a typical law firm

Culture reviews

Our culture reviews enable you to look under the bonnet of your organisation so that you can understand what your staff are concerned about. A culture review enables you to get ahead of a problem and to address issues before they result in formal grievance processes or resignations.

You can use culture reviews to:

Understand anomalies – for example, if you have a team which fails to meet diversity targets, has high attrition rates, or low engagement scores. We can identify the causes and provide recommendations for addressing any underlying issues
Address reputational risks, such as rumours of a toxic work environment
Assess integration following significant changes, such as mergers or restructures

Each culture review is conducted by one of our multi-disciplinary investigation teams, which include employment lawyers, data analysts and HR specialists, aided by AI analysis.

Each review is tailored to your particular circumstances. Generally, though, our team will gather information from a variety of sources and carry out a desktop analysis. They will conduct a staff survey and meet with small employee focus groups. They will then provide an objective and impartial assessment of any thematic issues which are damaging your workplace culture and the perceptions of it.

We can also recommend measures to address those issues, and work with you to implement them to prevent problems from arising in the future.

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