Our Services
Forensic Document Examination
Forensic Document Examination is the forensic science discipline concerned with the examination and analysis of documents of all kinds, and their component materials, to answer questions in response to investigations or legal proceedings. Traditional FDE may answer questions such as who wrote the handwriting or signature appearing on a particular document, when was a document created, or was it created on the date purported by that document, was a particular machine (for example, a specific printer or typewriter) used to create a document, or if security documents such as passports and currency are genuine or not. We conduct analyses to determine if documents have been altered, or recover information from obliterated text, including from charred or fluid-soaked documents. ForensInk can also conduct advanced chemical analyses to determine the relative age of a document, or if the component materials were available when the document was purportedly created.
Reporting of Findings
ForensInk produces reports of analytical findings for court. Scientific advice is also available to clients throughout the forensic process. Our findings have been used to resolve cases at all levels of Canadian court, in international trade tribunals, and directly to the judiciary.
Expert Testimony
With over sixty years of experience in forensic science, our FDE have provided testimony across Canada in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Expert testimony has also been given in Wisconsin, before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington (D.C.), and before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in Ottawa (Ontario).
Capacity Development and Training
ForensInk has extensive experience training to competency in forensic document examination. We have developed and implemented training plans for new forensic laboratories in Canada and in the Middle East, provided specialized training sessions in the Middle East and in South Africa, and have developed and implemented proficiency testing schemes in Latin America. We are routinely invited to lecture on select topics in FDE: in particular, on the analysis of inks, the applications of advanced technologies to FDE and in forensic intelligence. We provide short awareness sessions to clients and other stakeholders about the application of FDE to advance investigations.
