CCL-Forensics was called in by a large "top-20' legal firm to help them investigate a case which involved searching for documents and emails within a vast amount of electronic information. 

The case was urgent and highly confidential and required an analyst to attend the scene as soon as possible.

As CCL-Forensics is constantly prepared to carry out round-the-clock work at very short notice, an on-call analyst was able to arrive at the solicitors offices in Central London - along with the necessary specialised equipment - within two hours. 

The first task was to take a forensically sound exact copy of the suspect hard drive which had already been seized by the legal team.  The drive was particularly large, and contained hundreds of gigabytes of data in various formats.  Once this ‘imaging process' had been set up, the analyst met the legal team to discuss in detail the requirements of the case which centred on a number of crucial emails.

Having identified a number of important keywords and specific search terms, the analyst was able to index the data to home in on the most crucial files.  The specialised tools used by CCL-Forensics meant this could be done in a fraction of the time of conventional search techniques saving time and ultimately money. 

Crucially, it also meant that the legal team had instant access to deleted files, and those protected by passwords, meaning they had access to a wealth of data that they wouldn't ordinarily be able to view.  The legal team were then presented with the indexed files in an easily searchable e-discovery format, enabling them to search for the messages and other information most relevant to the case.

All this was completed within 24 hours of the legal firm contacting CCL-Forensics and enabled them to take the necessary steps to continue with this urgent case.