Practice 08 · of eight
Retained intelligence & advisory
Reserved investigative capacity, consistent reporting standards and defined monitoring for organisations, legal teams, insurers, executives and family offices.
- Instructed byAny client type
- Typical durationStanding
- Commercial basisMonthly retainer
- Tested byBoard, adviser, auditor
Questions this practice answers
Clients rarely arrive with a service in mind.
- Who handles the next matter at short notice?
- What should be monitored between matters?
- How do we standardise investigation quality across suppliers?
- What is our exposure trend over a year?
What the work involves
Within the ten-stage process.
- Stages 01–03
Standing screening
One-time client verification and a standing legality framework, refreshed periodically.
- Stage 04
Retainer design
Reserved hours, response commitments, named principal and reporting standard.
- Stage 09
Monitoring
Defined, lawful monitoring with escalation triggers — never open-ended.
- Stage 08
Quarterly review
Pattern reporting across matters, and where controls should change.
Deliverable
What you receive.
A retainer schedule with named principal, response commitments, reporting standard, monitoring scope and review dates.
- Retainer schedulePrimary
- Monitoring scopeAnnexure
- Quarterly pattern reportRecurring
- Reserved capacity
- Defined monitoring
- Standing protocols
- Quarterly review
- Escalation criteria
Limits of this practice
What this work is not.
- No open-ended surveillance under retainer
- No priority that overrides conflict screening
- No standing access to protected data
- No unused capacity carried indefinitely
Often combined with
Most matters draw on three or four practices.
Confidential enquiries
Start with the question, not the method.
We assess the concern, lawful purpose and available information before recommending a scope.
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