We are both partners at the international law firm, and we have had the pleasure of working with Mr Kenneth Lodge from SIP International on a very delicate case for a client. The client was extorted by a third party who threatened to publicly disclose information regarding the client’s private life. If that information – true or false – had become public, it would have seriously damaged the client’s reputation. After SIP successfully traced the location of the person issuing the threats and identified an accomplice, we devised together with Mr Lodge, the legal strategy to follow, i.e.:- Obtaining on an ex parte basis a gagging order which would prohibit the adverse parties from disclosing the information; and thereafter enter into a settlement agreement with the adverse parties, including the transfer to us of the devices of the adverse parties, which potentially contained information related to the client’s private life. Mr Lodge provided valuable input when we drafted the legal documents (petition for gagging order and settlement agreement) and it was him who took the lead in the negotiations for the agreement. The end result was that a settlement agreement was signed on terms which are very favourable to our client, and that pursuant to the agreement, the adverse parties transferred to us all their computers, mobile devices, etc. For the reasons set out above, we highly recommend Mr Kenneth Lodge and his expert team from SIP.