http://www.lsnz.co/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.lsnz.co en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 12:40:37 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.lsnz.co/blog/post/135412/phil-jones-discusses-serial-con-artists/ Vices, vanity, fantasy: Joanne Harrison fraud saga highlights calls for public’s right to know about serial con artistsRepublished from Stuff News New Zealand – Reporter John Weekes Different fraudsters have different drives, different vices, different victims. But fraud investigators agree on one thing: Although major public agency scandals like Joanne Harrison’s can reverberate for years, countless other cases are covered-up, as companies worried about saving face cut deal... Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:12:46 +1300 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/#post135412 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/post/135411/ibm-i2-analyst-notebook--visualisation-and-charting-software/ One of the most powerful tools used by intelligence analysts to analyse information and support investigators is visualisation software.  The old adage “a picture paints a thousand words” holds weight in the area of investigation and intelligence.  Using visualisation software to combine all available information and build it into an image based format rather than pages of text or tables of data, increases our ability to absorb, understand and interpret that information.  It s... Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/#post135411 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/post/130798/licensing-requirements/ In the past couple of years the Ministry of Justice, Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority (PSPLA), has issued two relevant determinations that have changed the landscape for many sectors in our profession.First, the PSPLA determined that persons making enquiries, interviewing witnesses and/or performing investigative work in the employment relations, dispute type areas covered by the Employment Court, were deemed to be acting in the capacity that required them to hold a Private Investi... Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/#post130798 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/post/130797/welcome-to-lsnz/ It is fitting to provide some background as to why and where Litigation Support Limited emerged.For the past 40 years, our company founder Ron McQuilter has been providing investigative services for lawyers, corporates and government. Though in dealing with the criminal Justice side of our profession, Ron's focus has primarily been on what is known by Pi's as "the side of the angels", Criminal defence PI work is colloquially known as "the dark side". Corporate legal investigative support has alw... Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.lsnz.co/blog/#post130797