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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

 
To ensure that we are offering the best possible services and to offer our clients peace of mind, Fraser & Fraser is independently audited twice a year and has a number of accreditations from formal organisations and bodies.

Fraser & Fraser is independently audited twice a year for continuing compliance with international standards of Quality Management and has been awarded the ISO 9001 certification. As one of only two firms of genealogists in the UK to have the UK Accreditation Service award and to be assessed by external auditors to this standard, this guarantees that the highest level of professionalism permeates every level of Fraser & Fraser as demonstrated by the UKAS official Crown and Tick logo.
Dealing with sensitive and confidential material on a daily basis, Fraser & Fraser is again one of only two firms to be monitored independently to international ISO 27001 standards of Information Security, so clients can rest assured that their details are being maintained in a controlled and safe environment. Again this is to the UK accreditation service and displays the official Crown and Tick logo.
Our in-house legal department, led by Charles S J Fraser a past President of The City of Westminster & Holborn Law Society and is currently a member of the Law Society’s Private Client Section, the Law Society Wills & Equity Committee, as well as STEP(the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and is certified to the Law society's Lexcel standard.

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for insurance mediation activities only
Our insurance mediation is regulated by the FCA to ensure that all our work is carried out in accordance with the current legal requirements. Register number 472919.
Our researchers also have the expertise of an in-house building surveyor at their disposal: Andrew Fraser is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and assists on property issues, ensuring that our work continues until the estate is distributed.
Office of Fair Trading Fraser & Fraser is licenced and registered with the Office of Fair Trading on the Consumer Credit Register under the categories of Credit reference agency and for the Provision of credit information services, excluding credit repair, number 0645040 .
Infomation Commissioner's Office Fraser & Fraser is registered with The Information Commissioner’s Office and on the Data Protection Register number Z6407527.
We do not use or sell any information we hold, except for the reason for which the information is obtained.
Fraser & Fraser has the largest number of Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) members.
Fraser & Fraser were successful in the House of Lords on 27 October 2005 when five Law Lords rules unanimously that the successors of the donors of land for a school site were entitled to the proceeds when the school was closed
This ruling, at the highest judicial level, has significant repercussions for the successors of donors of land, since it affects any school built on land donated under the 1841 Act and closed since 1987.
Fraser and Fraser are the only firm of Probate Researchers, ever to take a case to the House of Lords, justifying our methodology.
The Expert Witness Directory's robust vetting procedure means that you can rest assured that all the experts featured on Legal Hub are dependable and reliable, Fraser and Fraser have been checked by Sweet and Maxwell, both Neil Fraser and Charles Fraser are approved experts.
Neil Fraser #3410 and Charles Fraser #3725 are members of Association of Professional Genealogists, every member of APG signs a code of professional ethics. There is no corporate membership of APG.
APG is the only globally recognised association for people working in the field of probate research (heir hunting). We are proud to be one of the longest serving overseas members.

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