Digital Forensics for Document Review
Digital forensic expertise applied to litigation review — helping legal teams understand source data, user activity, file metadata, deleted material, communication artefacts and evidential context behind the documents.
Who this service is for
For legal teams who need to understand not just what a document says, but where it came from, how it was handled and whether anything is missing.
- Litigators testing the authenticity or provenance of documents
- Investigation teams reconstructing user activity and timelines
- Regulatory lawyers establishing what happened and when
- Counsel needing technical explanations for witness statements
- Teams dealing with allegations of deletion or tampering
What this service includes
- Forensic analysis of source devices and accounts
- User-activity reconstruction and timeline building
- File metadata, document-property and timestamp analysis
- Recovery and assessment of deleted material where possible
- Communication-artefact analysis (email, chat, app data)
- Evidential interpretation and clear reporting
Typical data sources
We work with the data sources most often encountered in this type of matter:
- Laptops & desktops
- Mobile phones
- Email & cloud accounts
- Microsoft 365
- Slack & Teams
- File-system artefacts
- Registry & log data
Why defensibility matters
Forensic interpretation must be grounded in sound acquisition and transparent method. We work from preserved, hash-verified data and document our reasoning so that conclusions about authorship, timing, deletion or activity can be explained, tested and, where needed, supported by a technical statement.
How the workflow operates
- Define the forensic questions with the legal team
- Work from preserved, hash-verified source data
- Analyse metadata, artefacts and activity
- Recover and assess deleted or hidden material where feasible
- Interpret findings against the matter's issues
- Report in plain language, with technical detail on request
Deliverables
- Forensic findings mapped to the legal questions
- Timelines and activity reconstructions
- Metadata and artefact analysis
- Assessment of deleted or altered material
- Clear reporting and optional witness-statement support
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from document review?
Document review reads the content; digital forensics examines the source, metadata and artefacts to establish provenance, timing, authorship and whether material is missing or altered.
Can you recover deleted files?
Often, depending on the device, storage and how data was handled. We assess recoverability and report transparently on what can and cannot be retrieved.
Can findings support a witness statement?
Yes. We can provide technical explanations and statement support where required, grounded in documented method.
Understand the evidence behind the documents
Bring forensic insight to your review — provenance, timing, deletion and activity, explained clearly.