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AZJonnie

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2. So, are the laws in the UK different in the US such that "private investigators" are banned in the UK?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 01:50 PM

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Or disallowed under certain circumstances, such as if someone is suing you in civil court? Or are the family saying the bodyguard broke into secure system(s), or trespassed on her property, that kind of thing?

Just trying to reckon how it would a police matter in the first place if he had done so. At most, sounds like a civil court matter, but I admittedly don't know UK laws

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