Specialist Forensic Qualifications

Andrew Saunders heads up the Forensic team and has successfully gained the MAE qualification and is recognised as an expert witness on the Register of Expert Witnesses.

The Academy of Experts -MAE Qualification
Established in 1987 the Academy of Experts was created to promote the better use of experts and to ensure that a standard of excellence is maintained and developed.

The Academy is both a professional society and a qualifying body which provides a single source of qualified independent experts experienced in a wide range of professional, commercial and industrial disciplines from around the world.  

Practising members are selected from a wide range of professional and practical experience. They are chosen for their expertise in both primary disciplines and their experience of litigation procedures.

Their main role is to express their independent expert opinion based on the information provided. They can be used in a variety of circumstances from arbitrations, tribunals and litigation.

It is not a place for the faint hearted as all applicants who wish to become accredited practising expert witnesses undergo a rigorous vetting procedure, to ensure standards of excellence are maintained. Examinations have also been introduced as an additional safeguard. Those suitably qualified can use the post nominal letters MAE.

UK Register of Expert Witnesses

An expert witness can be anyone with knowledge or experience of a particular field or discipline beyond that to be expected of a layperson. They make knowledge and experience available to a court, to help it understand the issues of a case and therefore reach a just decision.

The UK Register of Expert Witnessess is independently vetted. References are taken from solicitors before an expert is allowed to join the team.

Andrew Saunders has been accepted onto the register.