“Managing Difficult Legal Conversations” - An introduction to the world of forensic investigative interviewing for lawyers and paralegals. We are delighted that the Manchester Chamber have invited us to host a seminar at their Manchester offices, Elliot House,151 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3WD on Thursday 4th October 2018 between 5pm and 7pm. Join us for free refreshments and a little peek into the world of forensic quality interviewing that will set you apart from others when it comes to making fully and accurately informed business decisions. We will evidence how the Extraordinary Case Management (ECM®) of interviews and investigations will save you [...]

Whilst remembering those less fortunate or who are unable to join their families, Intersol Global send their very best wishes to all for a relaxing Christmas and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. (Ack Manchester history)

2018 promises to be a significant and exciting year in the remarkable development of intersol Global. The leading supplier of investigation and interviewing training, advising, and delivery, Intersol have moved into new offices at Cheadle House, Royal Crescent, Cheadle, SK8 3FS. This move enables an array of onsite facilities and services; bespoke training rooms that cater from 5 to 50, conference and workshop facilities, accommodation, discreet interview rooms and recording facilities, everything that will support the next phase of growth by this cutting edge innovative group of professionals, a ‘one-stop shop’ for all your investigation and interviewing requirements. What elevates Intersol [...]

“Why do the police spend so much time and resources setting victims up to fail?” (Professor of forensic psychology) “As a defence lawyer a primary objective is to rigorously test and challenge witness credibility” (UK QC) A decade ago I embarked on a journey to improve the standard of investigation for survivors of Rape and Serious Sexual Assaults. Why? Because those standards were inconsistent, a post-code lottery, too often incompetent, and led directly to tragic loss of life and ruination families. Moreso, as ‘contact offences’ they are all ‘theoretically’ detectable given competence and tactical use of evidence throughout the case [...]

How ironic that the next post on this news feed is this piece reproduced courtesy of the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/inside-court-12-the-complete-story-of-the-belfast-rape-trial-1.3443620 How it reinforces everything highlighted in the last post reproduced here for ease of reference: Rape Victims Routinely Set Up To Fail “Why do the police spend so much time and resources setting victims up to fail?” (Professor of forensic psychology) “As a defence lawyer a primary objective is to rigorously test and challenge witness credibility” (UK QC) A decade ago I embarked on a journey to improve the standard of investigation for survivors of Rape and Serious Sexual Assaults. Why? [...]

The attached case study compellingly sums up why we need to give more thought to the forensic cold-storage of victims testimony in those many cases where they don’t want any police involvement. Not just to better enable and protect them should they change their mind and become exposed to the adversarial active defence tactics of QCs but to protect other members of the public from becoming victims and having to ‘survive’. The case study speaks for itself, has application in many other ways (think of all those impacted by recent terrorist atrocities – never more poignant than on the anniversary [...]