Hamilton365 provides confidential email investigation and eDiscovery services for legal professionals, HR managers, and organisations that require email evidence located, preserved, and produced correctly from Microsoft 365 and Exchange environments.
Engagements are conducted by Jamie Hamilton, who brings extensive hands-on experience in sensitive email investigations across large-scale Microsoft 365 and Exchange environments, including matters involving regulatory compliance, workplace conduct, and legally sensitive subject matter at enterprise scale. Every engagement is handled with the technical rigour, professional discretion, and attention to evidentiary process that legal and HR matters demand.
Targeted keyword, date-range, sender, and recipient searches across Microsoft 365 mailboxes, Teams, and SharePoint using Microsoft Purview Content Search and eDiscovery tools. Searches can be scoped to specific custodians, date ranges, and content types.
Placing mailboxes and content locations on legal hold to preserve evidence and prevent deletion, modification, or auto-purge during the investigation period. Hold status monitoring and documentation.
Export of email evidence in court-admissible formats (PST, EML) with full metadata intact, including message headers, timestamps, and attachment information, suitable for production to opposing counsel or regulatory bodies.
Creation and management of eDiscovery cases within Microsoft Purview. Custodian management, communications hold notices, review sets, and export workflows.
Documented evidence handling procedures ensuring the integrity and defensibility of findings throughout the investigation and any subsequent legal proceedings.
A clear, non-technical summary of findings and methodology suitable for use by legal counsel, HR professionals, or senior management, without requiring technical expertise to interpret.
Solicitors and law firms requiring email evidence for employment disputes, commercial litigation, fraud matters, or misconduct investigations. HR managers and independent HR consultants conducting workplace investigations. Forensic accountants working on fraud or financial misconduct matters with an email evidence component. Business owners investigating suspected fraud, data theft, or misconduct by current or former staff. Organisations facing regulatory inquiry or litigation requiring email preservation and production.
All Hamilton365 email investigation engagements are conducted under strict confidentiality. The nature, details, and parties involved in any investigation are never disclosed. Hamilton365 operates independently and without conflicts of interest. Evidence handling follows established chain of custody principles throughout every engagement.
Initial confidential consultation to understand the matter and scope. Written engagement agreement including confidentiality terms, scope of work, and fee estimate. Investigation and evidence collection using Microsoft Purview eDiscovery tools. Evidence export, chain of custody documentation, and review. Delivery of findings summary and evidence package. Post-engagement support as required.
Phone: 0403 401 250 | Email: jamie@hamilton365.com.au | hamilton365.com.au
All initial enquiries are strictly confidential.
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