Urquhart Investigation & Research Inc., the general investigation branch of Urquhart Forensics was established after its founder’s 11 years as staff investigator for a litigation law firm.  We employ professional staff, male and female, French and English to conduct thorough, objective, in depth inquiries and investigations while maintaining awareness of your obligations respecting evidence under your control.   

Since 1990 we have expanded that client base to include reputable counsel across the province in all branches of civil litigation, assisting in pretrial preparation and at trial.  Our primary exposure  has been in insurance cases, including questions of coverage plus host liability, labour relations; breach of contract; employee infidelity, matrimonial and intellectual property matters, drawing on our skills in: 

Through Urquhart Investigative & Forensic Accounting, there is access to the IFA practice of Charlotte Urquhart, CA, DIFA offering the credibility and financial expertise of a Chartered Accountant plus specialist experience and the optimum training in Investigative and Forensic Accounting.  CA-IFA is the premier forensic accounting designation in Canada.  Offering support for:

Whether we are to be the witness in a surveillance case, the technician preserving physical evidence, the investigator uncovering and delivering the evidence of a key witness or an expert interpreting and assessing the records, we are objective professionals with advanced, meaningful qualifications.  We have the knowledge and experience necessary to know how to recognize, develop, preserve and interpret evidence of consequence to your case. 

Our willingness to “be involved” through original research, as contributors to the improvement of our industry and as advisors to those who regulate us allows us to anticipate rather than react after the fact in a field where client and investigator alike must be perpetually balancing between the need to prevent and detect fraud and society’s reasonable expectations of privacy.

And now, clients who choose can submit requests on line and monitor the progress of their cases with on-line access to our secure server.   Existing clients are provided 24 hour telephone access to a senior investigator.