The basis on which we accept instructions.

Simons Litigation Intelligence is an independent litigation intelligence provider. We are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice or representation. Our services are provided solely to instructing legal professionals — including solicitors, counsel, bankruptcy trustees and their authorised representatives — acting on behalf of their own clients.

We accept instructions only through a formal engagement. Where an enquiry originates from an unrepresented party, we may require confirmation that instructing counsel has been engaged before any work commences.

Our work comprises forensic debtor intelligence, pre-action solvency enquiries, unencumbered real property audits, corporate veil tracing and related investigative research, delivered as written intelligence dossiers. All findings are sourced from publicly available registers, statutory filings and lawful open-source records, and are presented with full citations so they may be relied upon in court proceedings.

Every instruction is entirely passive and covert, with zero contact with the subject. We do not serve documents, effect recovery, enforce judgments or take any step on behalf of a party to proceedings.

All work is undertaken on a fixed-fee basis as published in our fee schedule. No hourly billing is charged. The applicable fee is confirmed in writing before work commences, and the full fee falls due upon delivery of the dossier irrespective of the findings it contains.

Our Zero Fee Guarantee applies: no fee is owed if our investigation identifies no unencumbered real property or recoverable equity. Expedited 24-hour delivery, where offered, carries the published supplemental fee and must be agreed in writing at the point of instruction.

Standard dossiers are delivered within 48 hours of instruction unless otherwise agreed in writing. Emergency instructions accepted under our same-day service are delivered within that engagement's stated window. Delivery is made by password-protected transfer or the instructing party's own secure protocol, and firm standard Non-Disclosure Agreements are executed prior to file transmission where requested.

Each instruction must be for a lawful purpose connected to genuine litigation, enforcement, insolvency or pre-action assessment. We reserve the right to decline or discontinue any instruction, in whole or in part, at our discretion, including where a request falls outside our lawful, passive methodology.

Intelligence dossiers are provided for the instructing party's use in the matter for which they were commissioned. Redistribution, publication or onward sale of our work product without prior written consent is not permitted.

All matters are conducted under strict professional confidentiality and non-disclosure protocols, in accordance with applicable privacy standards, attorney work-product doctrine and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Case materials are held on secure private systems and are never disclosed to third parties.

Our dossiers report the results of lawful enquiries made at the time of research. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and completeness, we accept no liability for conclusions drawn from, or decisions taken in reliance upon, our work product beyond the fixed fee paid for the relevant dossier.

These terms, together with the written engagement confirmation, form the whole agreement between Simons Litigation Intelligence and the instructing party for each matter. Questions on any clause may be raised before instruction at our confidential intake address.