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By Janie A. Duncan Private investigators can play an important role in assisting the accused or criminal defence counsel with the preparation and preservation of witness evidence, including the obtaining of statements that may be considered for admission under the principles established in R. v. B. (K.G.). A KGB Statement is not determined solely by whether it was obtained by police. The focus is on whether the statement was obtained in a manner that satisfies the required legal safeguards...

By Janie A. Duncan For more than three decades, surveillance has remained one of the most effective investigative techniques in our business. While technology has dramatically changed the investigative landscape—with social media, GPS data, open-source intelligence (OSINT), digital forensics, and artificial intelligence providing valuable information—there is still no substitute for observing a person's real-world activities. At Duncan Investigations Inc., surveillance investigations have...

There is something deeply compelling about discovering the story of a life. Most people begin researching their family history because they are curious about where they came from. They want to know who their grandparents were, where their ancestors lived, or why their family immigrated to Canada. At times, they made need to locate a biological parent or child. What often begins as simple curiosity, however, quickly becomes something much more profound. At Duncan Investigations Inc.,...