Martin Barnard leads a team of health and safety experts who provide expert legal advice, in construction and occupational health, for both criminal and civil cases. Our experts have vast experience in every health and safety discipline, and have the technical skills to quickly get to the heart of even the most complex issue. ...

Accidents in the workplace, home & public places • Health & safety • Scaffold failure & dangerous buildings • Forensic surveys & investigation • Criminal damage • Reports for prosecution or defence of claims

Personal injury & fatal accidents, including: • Falling, tripping & slipping accidents • Workplace hazards • Machinery hazards • Manual handling, lifting & repetitive strain injury • Industry hazards • Cranes, lifts & forklift truck accidents • Domestic hazards • Commercial premises hazards & accidents • Sports & leisure accidents & hazards • Fairground & playground accidents • Musculoskeletal injury & diseases • Industrial products, including: • Defective equipment • Equipment failures • Product liability ...

Electrical engineering • Building services • Fire engineering • Commercial property • Lifts • Maintenance • Design • Swimming pools • Industrial buildings • Access control • Sports centres • Health clubs • Power supply • Generators

Design • Accidents • Use • Misuse • British Standards • European Standards • Testing • Kitemark testing • Manufacture • Product specifications ...

Expertise in access systems used in refineries, power stations, process plants, public buildings, bridges & unconventional structures • Health & safety of access systems in construction & industry generally • Health & safety advice & training for work at height, including rope access, suspended cradles, scaffolding, ladders & related systems • Advisor for fall protection systems, including fall arrest & restraint • BSI Committee & Height Federations involvement • Past President of the Steeplejack & ...

Technical aspects for safe working at height when working from scaffolding, suspended cradles, rope access (abseiling), ladders, safety nets, containment nets & sheets, stagings, using safety lines & harnesses, roof work, including work on/by fragile surfaces • Giving opinion on effective design, management & supervision for safe work at height • Also on risk assessment, method statements & safety policies • Advice on regulations dealing with work at height ...