What belongs in a confidential briefing.

Names, dates, sums, and where the records sit. Forecourt assigns from that file. Discretion is the method.

A briefing is a first contact, not a theory of the case. Put down what happened, in the order it happened. Names, dates, and sums are more useful than conclusions. If a wire left an account, say which account and when. If a person needs to be found, say what you still know about them. If records sit in more than one country, say so.

Forecourt assigns counsel and inquiry from that once. You are not asked to guess which desk sounds closer to the problem. A principal reads the file and decides who speaks first.

Include, if you have them: a limitation date or a court date; whether anyone has already spoken to a lawyer or to police; where the money, messages, or people last were. Mark the matter urgent when the harm is still moving. A consultation does not stop a clock.

Do not upload materials you are not entitled to share. Do not send a second copy to an operating firm in the hope of speed. The front door is this briefing. Discretion, here, is operational: we do not publish inquiries, and we do not treat a form as a press notice.

When you are ready, send the briefing. Answer the questions. Forecourt will assign the desk.