Private Investigation & Surveillance — UK
Fortis Security Consult provides private investigation and surveillance services for private clients, legal professionals, and corporate risk teams across the UK. Every instruction is handled with absolute discretion, conducted lawfully, and delivered to an evidential standard appropriate for professional and legal use.
A private investigation instruction requires a firm that understands both the legal framework within which it must operate and the human context of the situation it has been asked to examine. The two are not separable.
Fortis approaches every investigation with the same discipline applied to its security consultancy work: structured methodology, professional rigour, and the operational experience to execute without creating exposure for the client or compromising the integrity of the findings.
The operational capability is delivered through a specialist team with backgrounds in UK policing, UK special forces, intelligence, and surveillance. All work is conducted in accordance with UK law, including the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Human Rights Act 1998 provisions on privacy.
All investigation work carried out on behalf of Fortis clients is conducted lawfully and within the applicable UK legislative framework. Evidence gathered is handled to a standard appropriate for use in legal proceedings. We do not accept instructions that would require unlawful conduct, and we will advise clients accordingly if a request falls outside what is permissible.
Discreet surveillance of individuals or locations, conducted by trained operatives using specialist equipment. Findings documented to evidential standard and delivered in a written report with supporting material where appropriate.
Investigation of commercial concerns including employee conduct, suspected fraud, information leakage, and matters of business integrity. Conducted with the discretion required to preserve employment relationships and legal options.
Sensitive investigations for private individuals. Matters handled may include relationship concerns, missing persons, asset tracing, or situations where a client needs factual information that is not otherwise available to them.
Investigation services provided in support of legal proceedings, including evidence gathering, process serving, and witness location. Work product prepared to a standard suitable for use as evidence.
Detection of surveillance directed at the client. Where a client has reason to believe they are under observation, we can establish whether that is the case and identify the source, informing the appropriate legal or protective response.
Structured intelligence research using open source methods to build a picture of an individual, organisation, or situation. Conducted to a professional analytical standard and delivered as a written intelligence report.
The clients who come to us for investigation work share one characteristic: they need accurate information, and they need it handled with care. The circumstances vary considerably, but the standard of discretion and the professional requirement do not.
We work with private individuals, legal professionals, corporate risk and compliance teams, family offices, and others who have a legitimate need to understand a situation more clearly than current information allows.
We do not accept instructions without satisfying ourselves that the instruction has a lawful purpose. Clients are not required to justify their interest in general terms, but we will decline instructions where the intended use of our work appears to fall outside what is legally permissible.
Legal professionals instructing us in support of civil, family, or commercial proceedings. Work product delivered to evidential standard with chain of custody documentation where required.
In-house legal and risk teams requiring external investigation capability for matters involving employee conduct, fraud, or third-party due diligence.
Private clients requiring discreet, professional investigation with findings they can rely upon and, where relevant, use in legal or personal decision-making.
Those responsible for protecting the interests of HNW families who require background verification, due diligence, or investigation work connected to personal or commercial matters.
Part of the Fortis group
Fortis Secure
Where an investigation identifies a need for physical protection or security measures, our sister operation provides close protection, residential security, and installations to the same standard of care.
Visit Fortis Secure →If you have an investigation requirement, or wish to understand what Fortis can assist with, we welcome a direct and confidential conversation. No prior relationship is required. All information shared at the enquiry stage is treated as strictly confidential.