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01 / EVIDENCE INTELLIGENCE · MATERIALS FOR THE LEGAL TEAMBLACKFILE helps a legal or corporate team separate found material from a verified fact. For each material element, the source, date of access, context, connection to the matter and limitation are recorded.
We work only with lawfully accessible materials and do not promise procedural admissibility - that is determined by the court and the client's legal team.
Source · Authenticity · Context · Chronology · Connection to fact
At the first stage, a description of the circumstance and the stage of the dispute is sufficient. Documents are provided only after a secure channel has been agreed.
Establish documents, registration actions, statements, publications and connections between events.
Compare the contractual sequence with payments, actions of the parties and external circumstances.
Record corporate changes, transfer of control, movement of assets and related structures.
Establish the original source of statements, the sequence of distribution and the factual basis of publications.
Collect and bring into a single structure materials from different countries, languages and sources.
Verify documents, communication events, access levels and the sequence of actions.
The composition is determined by the task and jurisdiction. Work is carried out only with lawfully accessible information and materials transmitted through a secure channel.
Whether the authenticity of a specific document can be confirmed depends on its nature, source and the verification methods available. Where authenticity cannot be established, this is stated explicitly.
The chain shows how an element turns from a finding into working material for the legal team. All interface data are fictitious.
Red marks are used only for a contradiction, a broken sequence or a critical gap. Material of unestablished origin is never presented as confirmed.
Where the material was found or from whom it was obtained.
When it was created, published, modified or recorded.
Whether there are signs of alteration.
What occurred before and after.
Whether the content matches other sources.
What fact the material can confirm.
What cannot be established from the material.
Finding the material is half the work. The other half is proving where it came from and what it relates to.
Composite example
A composite example based on typical matters. Details have been changed, and the outcome of the dispute is not described.
The other party described the change of management and transfer of shares as sequential, planned actions unrelated to the subject of the dispute.
The client provided correspondence and copies of corporate resolutions; open registration records and publications from the same period were also available.
Registration actions and their dates were confirmed by registry records. Some decisions were confirmed only by client copies - this is recorded under a separate status.
The dates of two corporate actions in the client's copies and in the registry did not match. The discrepancy is recorded as a discrepancy, not as an indication of forgery.
Each item received a source, access date, context, connection to the matter in dispute, and a limitation. The chronology was compiled by the dates of confirmed records.
A material register, source log, chronology, confirmation matrix, and a list of questions that only counsel can resolve.
Procedural admissibility of the materials, the significance of the date discrepancy, and the need for an official request remain with the client's legal team.
from €4,500
Timeframe: 5-8 business days
Initial assessment of available materials and a map of sources for one episode.
12 000-30 000 €
Timeframe: 15-30 business days
Full cycle: search, recording, verification, and a structured package for the legal team.
After assessment
Timeframe determined after assessment of the task
Project-based work for large disputes with staged delivery of materials.
The final cost depends on the number of episodes, participants, jurisdictions, languages, and the required depth of verification. Scope and stages are agreed before work begins.
BLACKFILE finds, records, verifies and structures information. Admissibility, relevance and the manner of procedural use are determined by the legal team and the competent court.
Lawfully accessible: corporate and court information, publications and their archived versions, digital traces, photographs and video materials, and documents the client provides through a secure channel. Materials requiring unlawful access - correspondence of third parties, content of other people's devices, closed databases - are not examined under any circumstances.
Often - yes, based on the metadata of a lawfully provided file, comparison with independent sources, archived versions and context. But not always: if provenance cannot be established, the item is marked "provenance not established" and is delivered only with that qualification, not presented as confirmed.
Yes. Archived copies help establish the first available version of a publication, the date of changes, and discrepancies between versions. We record both the current and the archived version with access dates, so the provenance of each copy can be traced.
The file is prepared for ease of use by a legal team: sources, dates, method of capture and limitations are indicated for each item. Admissibility and the manner of procedural use are determined by counsel and the competent court - we do not promise that the material will be accepted as evidence.
Source files are not altered. Checksums and the method of acquisition are recorded for material items, with a chain of custody maintained where required. Any analytical work is performed on copies, and discrepancies between versions are noted separately.
Yes, this is a standard engagement format: the legal team formulates the factual questions, and we gather and verify materials to address them. The file and briefing are structured around the case as defined by the legal team.
Yes. Materials from different jurisdictions and languages are brought into a single structure: a common index, a unified timeline and an end-to-end source register indicating country and original language. Source availability differs from country to country, and this is reflected in the gap map.
Archived versions, copies, reprints and indirect confirmations of the material's existence are checked. If the content cannot be recovered, the fact of deletion itself is recorded along with the date of discovery - at times this is no less significant than the original material.
Do not send documents or personal data before a secure channel has been agreed. At the first stage, a description of the task is sufficient.
Describe the circumstance, the stage of the dispute and the nearest deadline. BLACKFILE will assess the range of possible sources and propose a format of work