◈ SERVING NOVA SCOTIA
A private investigation gathers evidence a client can use: in a claim, a hearing, or a decision to act. We investigate for law firms building a case and insurers checking a claim.
We also work for landlords enforcing a lease and employers who suspect a loss. Every investigator on staff holds an individual licence under the province’s Private Investigators and Private Guards Act.
Not every case needs every tool. We scope the investigation to what the evidence requires. We tell you early if a case is not worth pursuing.
We hear the situation and the outcome you need from the file.
We set the method, the timeline and the cost before work starts.
Licensed investigators gather evidence lawfully, with everything logged as it happens.
You receive a written file built to be read by a lawyer, an adjuster or a judge.
Investigations stay inside the file. We do not update anyone but the client.
Every method we use has to hold up if the other side challenges it in court.
Tell us the situation and the outcome you need. We scope and quote before any work starts.
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Our investigators are licensed individually under Nova Scotia’s private investigator licence. Anything involving fraud or an insurance claim gets a closer look from a Certified Fraud Examiner on staff.
We also run the guarding side of the business. A site incident can turn into a formal investigation the same day, with no second company involved.
Yes, when it is done lawfully: from a public vantage point, without trespassing. It also needs a legitimate purpose, like a claim or a legal matter.
Our investigators are trained on where that line sits, and we document the method used for every case.
Cost depends on the method, the hours involved and how the case unfolds. We scope and quote before work starts, so you know the cost before you commit.
It depends on the case. A background check can turn around in days. Surveillance or a fraud file can run longer.
We give you a realistic timeline at the scoping stage, once we have seen the case.
Yes. Every file is built to the standard a lawyer, an adjuster or a judge expects. It is dated, sourced and defensible if it is challenged.
Need a document served as part of the case? Process serving and bailiff enforcement run from the same office.
Documents delivered and confirmed, with an affidavit of service returned.
Court orders enforced once a judgment has been granted.
Licensed guarding from the same Halifax office.
Where a workplace loss needs a program rather than a single file.
Tell us what you need covered and we will price it. One officer or a full program, guarding, patrols or an investigation. Quotes are free, itemized, and carry no obligation to proceed.
