Solicitors instruct us where a client's credibility is central and the documentary evidence is thin — family matters, employment disputes, allegations between neighbours or business partners, and cases where a client wants to demonstrate they are telling the truth about a specific factual issue.
We are straight with clients and their advisers about what this evidence is. Lie detector results are not automatically admissible in courts in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland; whether a report is admitted, and what weight it carries, is a matter for the court. Anyone promising you a court-proof result is overselling.
What we provide is a professionally documented examination: agreed questions, informed consent, a clear report stating the outcome and the accuracy of the method, and an examiner who will explain the process to you or your client.
There is no rule that makes polygraph or EyeDetect® evidence automatically admissible in UK civil or criminal proceedings, and no court is obliged to give it weight. In practice it is more often used outside the courtroom — in negotiation, mediation, disciplinary processes and family discussions — than as evidence at trial.
Polygraph testing does have a defined statutory role in the supervision of certain offenders in England and Wales, but that is a specific licensing context and says nothing about admissibility in an ordinary civil case. If a report matters to your case strategy, form your own view on admissibility before instructing us.
We take instructions from the firm or from the client directly. Questions are agreed in advance, ideally with your input, and drafted to address the precise factual issue rather than general credibility. We will tell you if a proposed question cannot be tested properly.
Reports are written to be understood by a non-specialist reader and set out the questions, the outcome for each, and the accuracy of the method. We can attend at your offices, at your client's home, or at a hired meeting room, anywhere in the UK and Ireland.
Priority scheduling is available where there is a hearing or deadline — tell us the date when you instruct. Fees start at £495 including travel within 50 miles of Darlington, with 60p per mile beyond, and we invoice firms directly on your reference.
Call 0330 088 5207 or email info@liedetectordirect.co.uk to discuss a case in confidence before instructing.
Not automatically. There is no rule making polygraph or EyeDetect® evidence admissible, and any weight is entirely at the court's discretion. Many clients use reports in negotiation, mediation or disciplinary matters rather than at trial.
We can explain the methodology and our report in writing and discuss it with you. Whether a court will hear that evidence is a matter for the court, and we do not promise otherwise.
Either. Where a firm instructs us we invoice the firm on your reference and correspond with your fee earner.
Often within a few days, and sooner where necessary. Give us the hearing date when you instruct and we will prioritise the appointment.
The identity of the person examined, date and location, the exact questions asked, the outcome for each, the technology used and its 86-88% accuracy.
It is non-invasive, standardised and computer-scored, which many clients find easier to trust. Neither method carries automatic legal admissibility in the UK.
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