Independent examination of messages, screenshots, computer evidence and digital files in family law matters.
Discuss this service ↗A screenshot records what was displayed in an image. On its own, it may not establish who created the underlying content, when it was created, whether surrounding messages are missing or how the image reached its present form.
DFR can examine the available source material, metadata and records to assess consistency, context and the history of evidence. Provenance concerns where material came from and how it has been handled; authenticity concerns whether it is what it is represented to be.
Where lawful authority and access are established, a scoped forensic acquisition can preserve available device data for examination. Relevant messages, attachments and associated records may provide context beyond a selected screenshot.
Examination can address conversation context, available timestamps, attachments and differences between supplied exhibits and accessible source records. Findings depend on device support, application behaviour and available data.
Evidence may also come from a PC, laptop, external drive, digital photograph, video or document. DFR can review supplied computer forensic images and relevant digital files where their source, metadata or interpretation is disputed. Explore computer and digital media examination.
An examination may support, qualify or leave a claim unresolved. No universal test establishes that every screenshot is genuine or manipulated. DFR explains what the available material can and cannot establish, assisting legal advisers without assuming either party’s account is correct.
What should be preserved when a message or screenshot is challenged? Read our guide to screenshot authenticity and provenance in family law for the questions to raise before an examination is scoped.
Tell us what is in dispute and what evidence is available.
