By Warwickshire Investigation Agency

04/15/2010 What is a professional witness?

A professional witness is a trained professional in their area of expertise and is a person who has a sound knowledge of the law and procedure in relation to legal evidence gathering. They can be police officers, government and council officials or independent bodies who are trained in professionally gathering evidence in support of an issue.

What professional skills should a professional witness posses?

The professional witness will be expert in:
• Evidence gathering techniques
• Evidence presentation both written and verbal
• Covert foot, mobile and technical surveillance
• Professional log keeping
• Law and procedure
• Giving evidence in court

Warwickshire Investigation Agency (WIA) is an expert professional witness service, founded on extensive specialist POLICE investigative backgrounds.
W.I.A are specialists in covert evidence gathering and surveillance.

Who does the professional witness work with?

Warwickshire Investigation Agency work as specialist recourse with:

• Local Authorities, Housing Associations and RSL's (ASB evidence gathering)
• Insurance Companies (Fraud and false injury claims)
• The legal profession (Criminal/civil cases/process service)
• Corporate Enterprises (False absenteeism/breach of contract)
• Small and medium sized businesses (False absenteeism/breach of contract)
• The private client (Criminal/civil//infidelity/family/tracing)

What is the role of the professional witness?


This depends entirely on the type of investigation.
Generally speaking, we provide a bespoke service, which yields expert professional evidence gathering to the highest standards, consistently. Our services are bespoke because they have to be flexible and innovative by nature in order to provide the required results, regardless of what the issue may be or who the client is.
In all cases, it is our role as professional witnesses to be largely independent whilst working in harmony with you within the legal parameters of UK law. On your behalf, we gain professional primary evidence in order to prove or disprove an issue. Owing to the sensitive nature of our work, much of the evidence gathering will be carried out covertly, by means of various expert surveillance techniques.

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