Corporate Membership

Corporate membership is available to companies active in providing expert witness services.

It extends the benefits of individual membership to all practising staff within the Corporate member’s employment at favourable rates.

Many find this an attractive route, particularly to support their staff’s personal and professional development.

There is a requirement that any juniors are supervised appropriately when undertaking expert work.

Individuals wishing to be registered with The Academy still need to satisfy the requirements of the relevant grade of membership to uphold consistent standards.

To apply for Corporate Membership on behalf of your company, please complete the on-line application form (preferred) or download, complete and return this form.

  1. Corporate members will be known as Corporate Providers of Expert Services.
  2. Corporate Providers of Expert Services are required to give an undertaking that all Expert work will be under the supervision of a Full Member or Fellow of The Academy of Experts  (Practising Expert).
  3. A Corporate member is expected to bring into membership of The Academy all of its appropriate individuals and is required to have a minimum of one Full Member or Fellow of TAE.

Corporate Members are entitled to:

  1. Use TAE’s logo with the added words ‘Corporate Provider of Expert Services’.
  2. A free updatable entry on TAE’s Internet Register for the Corporate Member.
  3. Individual member’s of a Corporate member receive a basic entry on the Internet Register at no additional cost.
  4. An invitation to sponsor prestige Academy events.
  5. An invitation each year to a prestige Academy event. The number of invitations that a Corporate Member will receive depends on its corporate package – for example:
    1. For corporate members with 2 – 6 individuals – one person
    2. For corporate members with 12 ‐ 25 individuals – three people
  6. A 10% discount for TAE services (where appropriate).
  7. A corporate discount of 10% on in-house training courses.
  8. The opportunity to nominate a member to ad hoc specialist working groups and to play an active part in the development of The Academy.
  1. Corporate Membership packages are for those firms who have or wish to have a number of members accredited as practising experts.
  2. Corporate Member categories for the year 1st march 2021 to 28th February 2022 are as follows
    1. Up to 6 individuals: £2,440
    2. Up to 12 individuals: £4,087
    3. Up to 20 individuals: £6,283
    4. Up to 30 individuals: £9,028
  3. All of the above subscriptions cover the Corporate Subscription and such number of individuals as shown. Prices exclude UK VAT which is charged at the standard rate on 50% of the subscription.
  4. Vetting fees for individual accreditation are not included in the packages outlined above and are detailed below.
  5. As the subscription rate for all Academy Fellows is higher than that for Full Members there will be an adjustment to the package for all Fellows within a corporate membership.
  1. Once Corporate membership has been confirmed Individuals can apply for accreditation up to the maximum number of individuals allowed by their company’s membership.
  2. All individuals joining under the scheme must go through The Academy’s vetting procedure and will be individually accredited (as either a Full Member or Associate).
  3. The Vetting fee (see below) is payable on receipt of an individual’s application. The corporate package includes a discount of £50 per individual on the normal vetting fee:
    1. Full Member – £100
    2. Associate (AMAE) – £70
    3. Associate – £25
  4. VAT is applied to all Vetting Fees and will be charged at the prevailing rate.

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