Most common case categories in which Polish courts appoint an IT/digital forensics expert
| Category | Typical examples (real cases 2023–2025) |
|---|---|
| Criminal cases | Hacking, phishing, ransomware, online fraud, child exploitation material, cryptocurrency tracing |
| Economic / commercial disputes | Trade-secret theft, employee sabotage, unauthorised access to ERP/CRM, competitive intelligence cases |
| Employment disputes | Unfair competition after employee departure, deletion of company data, misuse of corporate e-mail/phone |
| Intellectual property & copyright | Software piracy, illegal distribution of digital content, source-code plagiarism |
| Family & divorce cases | Hidden assets in cryptocurrency, deleted WhatsApp/Telegram chats, GPS tracking, infidelity evidence |
| Authenticity of digital documents | Forged PDF/e-mails, manipulated photos or videos, timestamp verification, electronic signature checks |
| Data protection & GDPR violations | Personal data breaches, unlawful processing, evidence in UODO/administrative proceedings |
| Insurance & fraud investigation | Staged incidents recorded on dash-cams/cctv, falsified digital logs, insurance scam analysis |
In practice, virtually any case that involves e-mails, phones, computers, cloud accounts, servers, CCTV or industrial systems will sooner or later require a court-appointed (or private) digital forensics expert.
→ Save as court-listed expert at multiple Polish regional courts, I am appointed in all of the above categories on a weekly basis.