What is a professional witness and why should I use one?

A professional witness is a witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialised knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially and legally rely upon the witness's specialised (scientific, technical or other) opinion about an evidence or fact issue within the scope of his expertise, referred to as the expert opinion.

Professional witness services are now becoming increasingly utilised as part of corporate and workplace strategies to discreetly gather information about a problem or potential problem without causing disruption to the organisation.

Generally a professional witness will be placed within the area of work that the problem exists. Professional witness operatives would work unobtrusively at the appropriate level, from senior management to shop floor in order to uncover the information that a client may be unable to obtain themselves.

This now not only minimises disruption to the client organisation but limits the inconvenience, time spent and cost of addressing concerns. Intelligence that is gathered is generally feedback to the client discreetly via reporting which can come via a range of media. Sometimes video is used as covert surveillance which can often be used as concrete evidence should matters be taken to the courts for judgement.

A good professional witness service will not only carry out the operational elements of the job, they will also have the skill set to accurately present and deliver this information legally during employment tribunals, criminal courts or disciplinary hearings and as required.

Leading the way in professional witness services is a company called Juno Group, now considered to be market leader in this field. Professional witness services is a job that requires a high calibre of person. Covert operations and the legalities behind carry out this level of work requires many years of training and experience. This why professional witness services and use of these services are on the increase.

Professional witness services should also be considered as a pro-active measure. This can be the most cost effective form of professional witness services, as you are ultimately preventing a problem from occurring or handling the issues before it escalates and becomes costly. This will help future proof your organisation to ensure the potential for undetected workplace crime is greatly reduced.

Many professional witness operations have actually uncovered much more findings than what was originally contracted to do. This is because many instances of fraud, theft can go un-noticed for long periods of time. The trained eye and analysis of a professional witness operative can and often does uncover more problems than what was anticipated

If you suspect problems in your work place, employ a professional witness today

This article has been published by Chris Smith for Juno Group. The U.Ks leading Professional Witness and covert surveillance company