An intelligence-led assessment of whether a prospective defendant is worth pursuing, before legal costs are committed.
Legal teams routinely assess the merits of a claim before committing to litigation. What is assessed less often, and matters just as much, is whether the prospective defendant actually has assets, a viable business, or the financial substance to satisfy a judgment if you win. Pursuing a claim to judgment against an insolvent or asset-less defendant is an expensive way to learn that lesson.
An intelligence-led viability assessment of a prospective defendant, covering financial standing, known assets, corporate structure, and litigation and insolvency history, to inform the decision to proceed, settle, or walk away before significant costs are committed.
Known assets, including property and corporate interests
Financial standing and indicators of insolvency risk
Prior litigation history and pattern of settlement versus defence
Corporate structure, to identify the correct entity or individual to pursue
An early, informed view on realistic recovery prospects if you win
Property registry and corporate filing analysis, court record searches for prior litigation and insolvency history, and open-source financial research, delivered in a format built to inform an early costs-benefit decision rather than as a full asset tracing exercise.
This assessment happens before proceedings are issued, to inform whether it is worth pursuing a claim at all. Asset Recovery Intelligence is the deeper, post-judgment tracing exercise once you have already won and need to enforce.
That is a valuable finding in itself. It lets you make an informed decision about settlement, alternative defendants, or whether the claim is commercially worth pursuing at all.
Yes, this is a common reason for instructing it. Corporate structures are not always what they appear from the outside, and naming the wrong entity can undermine an otherwise sound claim.
No. It is a faster, earlier-stage viability check to inform the decision to proceed. Where the decision is to proceed and assets need to be located precisely, that deeper work follows separately.
Every enquiry is reviewed by an analyst and routed to a scoping call, a fixed fee is confirmed in writing before any work begins.