“I Think My Partner Is Cheating On Me!”

“I Think My Partner Is Cheating On Me!”

A client came to us concerned about the behaviour of his long-term partner and the mother of his children. They had been together for over fifteen years, had a home together but things had felt ‘off’ for a while.

Their sex life had decreased, she claimed to have received a promotion from work that meant she had to do longer hours now and she only ever seemed to use her work phone of an evening which was ‘fingerprint-locked’ and always vibrating causing her to get up and leave the room when it did.

He had grown suspicious that there was someone else in her life. He had tried and failed to carry out his own enquiries but each time he said his partner would catch him out, accuse him of being “too possessive” and said his “paranoia was driving [her] away”. He engaged our services and told us he just ‘had’ to know once and for all if there was anything to his worries. Read more about “I Think My Partner Is Cheating On Me!”

Investigating “Long Term Sickness”

Investigating “Long Term Sickness”

We posted this recently on our social media pages and it drew such a positive response and an increase in enquiries into our services that we decided to move it over to give it its own space on the Surmount blog.

Last week we noticed a lot of negative feedback online but specifically on LinkedIn to a rather disreputable ‘investigation consultancy’ company and comments / posts that they made on the topic of investigating “long term sickness”. Here at Surmount, we wanted to step into the ring on what proved on LinkedIn to be a particularly contentious topic and show you where we stand.

Specifically where we stand as a company professionally, ethically and legally in the face of such ‘cowboys’ offering to “deal with” those “staff members off sick that are costing you money”. Read more about Investigating “Long Term Sickness”

Tracing A Debtor – A Breakdown

Tracing A Debtor – A Breakdown

Tracing people who don’t want to be found, commonly because they are a debtor for large sums of money, is fast becoming our most popular service because we yield accurate results quickly and efficiently.

What follows is a breakdown of the most effective way in which we work to get these results. We offer an ‘electronic’ trace service but where possible we do encourage clients to go for our ‘Agent Led’ trace service as this produces more successful results. It is the latter of these that we’re going to look more closely at today: Read more about Tracing A Debtor – A Breakdown

A Good Investigation Will Always Clear The Way For The Truth

A Good Investigation Will Always Clear The Way For The Truth

Have you heard about Surmount’s independent criminal and civil re-investigation service as part of the Solicitor Support packages we offer?

We recently worked on such a case with a solicitor in which their client had been accused of sexually assaulting someone.

The client maintained that he was somewhere else at the time and could prove it. The police took the victim’s word as gospel and charged him regardless without ever checking his alibi. Read more about A Good Investigation Will Always Clear The Way For The Truth

How To Choose A Private Investigator – Breaking Down The Myths

How To Choose A Private Investigator – Breaking Down The Myths

It’s getting exhausting now but chances are if you’re watching a Private Investigator go about their job in a TV drama or film then it is far from a realistic example of what a Private Investigator really does – or actually can do.

The latest example has been JK Rowling’s very popular drama series, Strike, on BBC1.

There you have the lead character – a dysfunctional but brilliant PI with “issues” and the stereotypical trench-coat, dirty office and glass door with his name etched on it – doing whatever it takes to secure the leads needed to ‘break the case wide open’, etc. He’s breaking into places and stealing evidence whenever the need or the plot requires it.

The truth of Surmount Investigations’ jobs – and the profession as a whole – is a lot less ‘easy’ and entertaining. Read more about How To Choose A Private Investigator – Breaking Down The Myths

GPS Tracking Services – Do Them Well But Do Them LAWFULLY!

GPS Tracking Services – Do Them Well But Do Them LAWFULLY!

When it comes to GPS tracking of a target on behalf of a client, the first thing that is thought of by said client is normally whether it is legal and what are the general legalities surrounding it.

In all cases where we deploy and utilise information gathered from a GPS tracking device, we are legally compliant at ALL times and work in line with the ABI’s ‘Good Practise Guide & Policy’.

We recently worked with a client in relation to doubts they had as to the whereabouts of one of their delivery drivers during the course of the working day. Read more about GPS Tracking Services – Do Them Well But Do Them LAWFULLY!

Case Study: A Fuel Thief Identified

Case Study: A Fuel Thief Identified

Further on from our earlier blog post ‘It’s Important To Know Surveillance Legalities When Putting It To Use” we will share with you now an investigation and subsequent covert surveillance operation we completed, which has been recognised by The ABI, and our case study detailing the investigation was published on their website. If you’re interested […]

Our ‘Security Vulnerability Assessments’ Are The Best Service You Didn’t Know Your Business Deserves!

Our ‘Security Vulnerability Assessments’ Are The Best Service You Didn’t Know Your Business Deserves!

If you’re a business owner with premises and staff, no matter the field, then our Security Consultancy service is for you.

To put it simply, *trust* – that the system and protocols you have in place are being respected and followed by the people you employ or that the measures you have had implemented are a strong enough deterrent – is honestly not enough to justify putting your profits, premises and hard work in establishing your business at risk.

At Surmount Investigations we offer a three-tiered security consultancy programme that is bespoke to fit your needs: Read more about Our ‘Security Vulnerability Assessments’ Are The Best Service You Didn’t Know Your Business Deserves!

The ABI’s Lawyer Registration Scheme (LRS)

The ABI’s Lawyer Registration Scheme (LRS)

Too many times we’ve been instructed by solicitors to engage in an assignment and come to find that we’re being brought in to re-do or clean up another investigator’s work. Without fail:

  1. that investigator’s work has been illegally conducted with inadmissible evidence acquired
  2. said investigator was uninsured, ‘unregulated’ and untrained
  3. the solicitors engaged them in service because they were the cheapest and/or nearest.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Read more about The ABI’s Lawyer Registration Scheme (LRS)