Reconstruct the account
Bring together communications, records, footage and timelines to examine allegations the client believes to be false. Identify contradictions and gaps that require investigation.
CATO & VEILINTELLIGENCE & INVESTIGATIONSDiscuss your matterSPECIALIST DEPARTMENT / DISPUTED ALLEGATIONS
Our dedicated two-person team was established by people who have themselves experienced false allegations and wanted to help others facing that situation. Their identities remain private. Their work focuses on examining the evidence, pursuing overlooked enquiries and supporting the instructed legal team.

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Bring together communications, records, footage and timelines to examine allegations the client believes to be false. Identify contradictions and gaps that require investigation.
Locate relevant sources and witnesses, assess alternative explanations and investigate suspected fabrication or manipulation where the material gives a basis to do so.
Prepare documented findings for lawyers to assess, including evidence relevant to potential further action. An investigation begins with questions, not a promised conclusion.
A structured evidence file and chronology, with corroborated findings, unresolved questions and supporting material for the legal team.
An allegation being disputed, a case being discontinued or an acquittal does not by itself establish that an allegation was deliberately false.
We agree the scope, lead contact, reporting and fees before starting. The enquiries compare records, witness accounts and relevant relationships, testing alternative explanations and identifying gaps.
The specialist department is a two-person team whose identities remain private. Responsibility for the investigation is made clear while respecting that anonymity.
The reporting should distinguish what the evidence supports from what remains unresolved. Discuss how the work will fit your legal team’s brief where a matter involves proceedings.
Common questions
Do not contact the accuser, keep every message and record, and speak to a criminal defence solicitor before any police interview. An investigator can then gather evidence that supports your account.
By reconstructing the timeline, finding and preserving messages, location and digital evidence, tracing witnesses and testing the account against independent records, working under your solicitor's direction.
Yes. Evidence gathered early can be put to the police and the Crown Prosecution Service before a charging decision.
A confidential first conversation
Discuss the allegation, the stage of the matter and the questions your legal team needs answered. Please avoid sending sensitive records before we agree how to receive them.
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