Expert evidence helps the court understand technical aspects that fall outside the law and that bear on the ruling. These are specialist, objective reports, clear enough to allow fairer decisions.
At Firma Quattro we have more than three decades of forensic social practice, both by court appointment and at a party’s request, and we work regularly with law firms and consultancies that need to support a litigation strategy with social evidence.
The Forensic Social Report is a fundamental tool for defining the legal strategy, whether bringing a claim or responding to one.
WHAT IT INCLUDES
- Study of the case before the various sections of all Courts of First Instance.
- Forensic capability: disability, gender-based violence, exercise of legal capacity, family, work incapacity, etc.
WHAT YOU GET
- A trusted social expert for law and consultancy firms.
- Technical credibility before the court.
WHAT WE BRING
- Strength for the legal strategy. Our reports reinforce the argument, clarify the possible scenarios and help sustain procedural decisions and strategies.
- Technical rigour and a clear document. Solid, well-founded and readable reports, focused on the social factors that decide the dispute.
- Description and assessment. We analyse the circumstances that affect everyday life with a view that takes in vulnerabilities, resources, support networks, family dynamics and future prospects, to give a holistic and objective picture of the case.
- Ethical commitment. Every report is produced under criteria of confidentiality, neutrality and the ethical principles of Social Work.
- Ratification in court. Each report is ratified before the court whenever the proceedings require it, with availability to answer any question it raises.
AREAS AND JURISDICTIONS
The same rigour applies to very different matters. These are the areas where we intervene most often.
- Family —custody arrangements, maintenance, modification of measures—, challenges to decisions on minors —adoptions, fostering— and damage assessment.
- Challenges to decisions on the degree of disability and dependency, State liability and challenges in public-sector selection procedures in the social work specialism.
- Gender-based violence and sexual abuse.
- Workplace harassment and pensions.
- Mandatory report on legal capacity under Act 8/2021 of 2 June on support for persons with disabilities.
TESTIMONIALS
«I have known Firma Quattro's work for many years and, as a family lawyer, I recommend their services for, among other things, forensic social reports intended to establish a client's parental capacity to hold sole and/or shared custody. And the best part: when the time comes to ratify and present their report before a court, they are able to explain it and to answer everything they are asked with authority, the fruit of their prior work and knowledge.»
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