​​Matthew Fedigan BSc (Hons) PGDip CertMed FRICS FCIArb SMIIRSM - Professional Profile

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In addition to business performance, Matthew’s role as a co-founder and CEO of Domec Professional Services is predominantly focused around leading expert consultant teams to deliver core market offerings relating to property & construction related Legal Solutions & Dispute Resolution.
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Matthew has undertaken a wide range of post-graduate training & qualifications in legalistic areas of practice & risk mitigation including alternative dispute resolution, independent expert, expert witness, expert determination, contract solutions, high value dilapidations & settlement claims, neighbourly matters including all areas of boundaries, party wall & access matters & building defect claims as well as safety & environmental enforcement actions. Matthew regularly briefs & works alongside appointed counsel in relation to high value property actions.

 

Matthew's main role involves sitting in a variety of adjudicative capacities. He sits as a panel adjudicator for each of the leading presidential construction and property related panels and is a registered & highly experienced mediator. 

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Matthew has developed professional specialities in an array of commercial construction and property law related areas of practice as well as related academic research.  He leads the teaching of postgraduate construction and property law at University College of Estate Management (UCEM) as a lecturer of law on a part-time basis. Matthew is currently undertaking an academic PhD in construction & property law & construction related alternative dispute resolution with Liverpool John Moores University.

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Qualifications & Professional Memberships

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• BSc (Hons) Building Surveying

• Post Graduate Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution (University of Warwick / RSPH )

• Registered & Certified Mediator & Mediation Advocate (CMC, CEDR, RICS, CIC & CIArb)

• Elected Member of the RICS President's Pannel of Adjudicators

• Panel Member - UK Adjudicators

• Panel Member - Construction Industry Council

• Panel Member - Centre For Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)

• Member of RICS Pannel list of accredited evaluative and facilitative Mediators.

• Registered Civil Mediation Council Mediator (CMC)

• Post Graduate Certificate in Building Information Modelling & Project Mangement

• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)

• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

• The Edmund James Lawson Scholarship - The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London

• The Roger Cox Scholarship - The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London

• Member of the Society of Construction Law

• Specialist Member of the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (SMIIRSM)

• Ambassador (former chair) RICS North West UK board

• Doctoral Researcher, construction & property law & related forms of alternative dispute resolution with Liverpoo John Moores University

• Lecturer, Post-graduate Leader Law for Surveyors - University College of Estate Management (UCEM) Reading

• Patron, LandAid (Registered Charity)

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Notable Achievements

Matthew was elected chair of the RICS North West UK board from 2014-2018 & remains a committed member of the board. 

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At the age of 31, in 2019 Matthew became the youngest person in the North of England in RICS’s 150-year history to be awarded fellowship, RICS’ highest level of qualification, held by only approximately 5% of surveyors internationally with an average age of 60 years. In 2020 Matthew was elected an appointed member of the RICS President's pannel of Adjudicators, one of the youngest professionals ever appointed to the Panel in RICS' history.

Matthew is the current HHJ Roger Cox Scholar having been very recently awarded this prestigious named scholarship by the Hounourable Society of Gray's Inn. He was previously also awarded the Edmund James Lawson QC Scholarship from the Inn making him one of a limited number of double scholars. This denotes Matthew's dedication and committment to construction and property related law and dispute resolution. He has previously been awarded RICS' international surveyor of the year overall title & surveyor of the year in asset & facilities & dispute resolution award categores.

 

Matthew is a lecturer in Law at UCEM for post graduate students and specialises in Law of Contract and Law for the built environment and property. He is  a regular commentator in industry press & speaker at related conferences & events. Matthew has recently appeared as a speaker at alongside BBC’s Clare Balding & Will Gompertz at conferences such as RICS’ Building Surveying conference, Facilities management conference & ECO-Build London Excel with audiences often ranging from several hundred to in excess of one thousand people. Matthew has undertaken lectures collaboratively with other professional bodies including the Law Society.

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Matthew is a member of the Liverpool John Moore’s University Industrial liaison committee & regularly undertakes university lectures in commercial, property and construction law & provides training & support to undergraduate students studying property related disciplines and in aspects of commercial construction law and dispute resolution.

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He also acts as an RICS "APC doctor " advising Surveying candidates nationally in preparation for sitting RICS assessment of professional competence professional examinations & to encourage greater diversity & access to the profession. Matthew was an original signatory to the RICS Inclusive Employer Quality Mark.

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Matthew is a Patron for LandAid - The property industry charity. The Land Aid Patrons network seeks to connect the top 100 property industry leaders and contributers nationally. He has developed specific initiatives to eliminate youth homelessness through the use of pro-bono surveying & legal expertise in conjunction with LandAid. The probono initiative has gone on to generate the equivalent of over £1million in contributions for LandAid charity partners. In In 2018 Matthew was fortunate to meet with HRH The Prince of Wales in relation to proposals he developed in this area which continue to receive political & industry backing & interest.​

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Domec Professional Services is an award-winning buildings consultancy operating nationally, with clients based predominantly across Liverpool, Wirral, Cheshire, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham & London. Our offices are based on Rodney Street in the cultural heart of the city of Liverpool.

Our Clients include commercial firms, residential purchasers and vendors, businesses, lenders, major corporate entities, charities, government bodies & individuals. Many of our clients find that our breadth & depth of experience & our ability to work in teams consistently enables us to provide a comprehensive service across many different areas of practice.

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