12
Feb
Witness Statement / Interviewing: Do It Right Or Don’t Do It At All.
We work with a variety of clients throughout Newcastle and Tyne & Wear, professionally interviewing and recording evidentially sound statements under a multitude of circumstances that can range from employer/employee disputes and road traffic collisions through to litigation cases and victim of crime impact assessments.
Our background in policing and justice studies along with years of experience in interviewing and compiling statements for civil and criminal court puts us confidently in the position of knowing what is required to make the statement and the time it took to record worth its existence… Read more about Witness Statement / Interviewing: Do It Right Or Don’t Do It At All. …
This week, in a change of pace, we’re handing our blog over to one of our recent clients on a Harassment case in Newcastle Upon Tyne to talk through her experience of working with us to bring her distress to an end and hopefully help other people out there who might be in a similar position.
“… ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…”
Our Newcastle-based client was concerned about one of their staff who had been off for 5 months with an injury they’d claimed they sustained at work. The staff member (let’s call him ‘Bob’) was in the process of taking legal action against their employer and claimed that they could no longer walk around without sticks for support.
We’ve written previously in a blog post about one of the scams that is blighting our industry and we were willing to name and shame some of the worst offenders. You can read that blog post 
Incidents of harassment, more so in the age of growing social media platforms, are increasing and police services are now de-prioritising dealing with it due to an ongoing staffing and funding crisis.