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. ...

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 ...

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

Structural engineering • Foundation works • Steel & concrete construction • Concrete deterioration • Works progress • Construction contract disputes • Heavy civil engineering • Plant foundations • Power station construction • Building defects • Multi-disciplinary projects • Slip resistance of floors, pavements & other surfaces ...

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