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Paterson Associates join EWI as Corporate Partner
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Paterson Associates join EWI as Corporate Partner

byWiebke Morgan

Paterson Associates (PA) joined the EWI Corporate Partner scheme in January this year. PA is a specialist firm of Chartered Surveyors and Expert Witnesses, originating in Northeast England, now operating nationally, and is one of the leading firms in the provision of Expert Witness Services to the legal sector within the Housing Condition space. Paterson Associates provides a national coverage with centralised customer service, admin and management much akin to the service provided by longstanding medical agencies.

 

Managing Director Jamie Paterson is one of the foremost experts in the country in the field of Housing Disrepair, Housing Condition, & Construction Quantum Disputes, he holds a degree in quantity surveying, is Fellow of both the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered institute of Civil Engineering.

 

Simon Berney-Edwards, Chief Executive Officer of EWI, said: “We are pleased to confirm Paterson Associates as one of our Corporate Partners. The Membership Committee were particularly impressed by the organisation’s commitment to training for Experts and how they intend to use their Corporate Partnership to drive their ambitions in developing their workforce and continually developing the quality of expert evidence. We are delighted to have them on board as one of our Corporate Partners.”

 

Jamie Paterson, Managing Director, said “We are very pleased to be Corporate Partners of the EWI. This will help our organisation and in particular our individual experts in improving their skills in critical core areas, such as: delivering impartial and well-constructed Expert Witness Reports, giving effective oral evidence in a tribunal or court, in understanding the law and regulations governing Expert Evidence, in creating high quality and useful joint statements, in constructively participating in Expert discussions, and in general keeping up to date with good practices and regulations within our industry.”

 

 

More information on EWI’s Corporate Membership scheme can be found at: https://www.ewi.org.uk/membership/corporate/

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