Some examples of typical cases from the last 12 months: Our agents were instructed to investigate a local doctor who had been making suspicious phone calls. It became evident that these numbers related to various houses “of ill repute” and following further local enquiries, including interviews and surveillance work, we were able to ascertain that the subject had been a regular visitor until he had been turned away after asking for young girls. The case has been handed over to the police.

A timber yard had been losing an unaccountable amount of profit and we were instructed to investigate. We sent some agents, equipped with hidden cameras, to the timber yard where they were approached by certain members of staff who asked if they wanted to deal cash-in-hand. Our agents were instrumental in the conviction of two staff members and the problem was resolved.

After a large company, based in St Albans, experienced repeated “office leaks” our agents were called in and were subsequently successful in locating two powerful remotely activated hidden listening devices in the company’s boardroom.

A taxi driver who claimed £60,000 as a result of a whiplash injury which he alleged had left him unable to work was seen playing Sunday league football and unsurprisingly settled out of court.

A Kent woman had a collision with a cyclist. The cyclist suffered from concussion and the woman driver had shoulder and neck injuries. Our evidence indicated that she had not been injured after she had been taped on video playing golf. Her claim was settled out of court at a substantially reduced rate.

A restaurant owner in Middlesex was trying to locate his 16year old daughter who had run away with a middle-aged bigamist. Many man-hours later we located them in a terraced house in Oldham.

A professional couple had recruited a nanny from a local agency. Their child for some reason had developed unruly behaviour. Our investigations revealed that the agency had not vetted the nanny. Surveillance had captured the nanny sleeping and watching television for most of the day leaving the child unattended and in danger. The nanny was dismissed immediately.

After passing stringent vetting enquiries a property company supplied a property to a client for residential use. The client subsequently vacated the property with very large rental arrears. He was later traced to Canada and was made to repay the outstanding amount.

A very successful model was receiving a particularly nasty hate campaign lodged against her from an ex-boyfriend who was technically astute. She lodged her complaints to the police about possible bugging, harassment and veiled death threats. The complaints were given crime reference numbers (which is a normal practice) but were later "wiped" from the police computers and also left with no history. It was later established that the ex-boyfriend was bugging the model and was responsible for amending police records. He is currently being investigated.

A media client was tracking a restaurant manager who had a history of filthy kitchens which eventually ended up with him being prosecuted and being sent to prison for 8 weeks. On his release we found him now posing as a head chef in a new establishment. Our files and photos were produced within five days of being instructed to locate him.