General injury claims, medical malpractice advice & medical negligence • Personal injury reports • Insurance claims • SJE • General investigation of aircraft accidents

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. ...

Accident investigations • Chemical analysis investigations • Fires • Explosions • Forensic evidence • Marine fire investigations • Marine cargo loss & contaminations

Health & Safety Consultant with over 30 years' experience, 12 of which were as an HM Inspector of Factories with the Health & Safety Executive. Experience covers a wide range of industry sectors, including: • Chemical • Foundries • General engineering & manufacturing • Timber & woodworking • Plastics • Bricks • Quarries • Printing • Retail • Food manufacturing Experience also includes aspects of surface & underground railways & electrical engineering. Accident & incident investigation for both plaintiff & ...

Investigation of weather events world-wide • Specialist in marine meteorology • Storm analysis • Assessment of the accuracy of weather forecasts • Climate world-wide • Reconstruction of past weather events • Meteorological statistics • Forensic meteorology • Weather information relating to insurance claims • Weather related to accidents

Risk assessment, examinations, evaluations & reports • Public safety • Occupational safety • Environmental contamination • Risk management policy • Safety policy • Water slide safety • Playground safety • Leisure & sport safety • Consumer safety • Transport safety • Accidents • Child safety • Legal requirements for safety

Safety/liability of consumer products: • DIY tools and equipment • Furniture • Toys • Play and educational equipment • Pushchairs, nursery and childcare products • Choking hazards • Child-resistant features • Labels, warnings and instructions • Packaging • Domestic glazing, doors and other construction products • Ladders and platforms • Gardening tools and machines • Cooking and kitchen equipment • Heating and lighting • Electrical, gas, oil and solid fuel appliances • Barbecues • Cigarette lighters • Cycles • Clothing • ...

Providers of forensic engineering and scientific advice to the legal professions in both criminal and civil forums • Criminal areas include: • Dangerous driving • Evidence evaluation • Ballistics • Forensic computing • Arson • Explosions • Eyewitness evaluation • Scene illustration • Civil areas include: • Health & safety • RTAs • Employer's liability • IT security

Health & safety risk management • Management responsibilities • Safety management systems • Risk management • Health & safety regulations • Health & Safety Approved Codes of Practice • Corporate manslaughter • Personal injury cases • Accident investigation • Commercial diving management • Recreational diving management • Diving accidents & injuries ...

Accident Investigation & Driving • Involvement with traffic accident investigation since 1980, 24 years of which were part of overall duties within a UK police force, up to advanced level • Specialist personal attendance & reconstruction of between 4-500 serious & fatal class incidents, also pre-submission report checking of other police expert evidence • Evidence has been presented to coroners, magistrates, Crown & High Court • An established working knowledge of police procedures & ...

Very experienced practitioner specialising in health & safety/food safety matters since 1988, including 9 years as an enforcement officer • Particular areas of expertise include investigation of workplace injuries & fatalities, risk assessment, risk management & insurance-related matters • Further expertise as a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner with respect to food contamination, HACCP, food processing, alleged food poisoning & food-borne injury ...

Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Vehicle examinations of all types of vehicle, including damage assessments & failures • Scene/locus surveys • Photography & video recordings • Computer-generated plans • Evaluation & review of police & other expert reports • 30 years' police service, 20 years in all manner of road traffic matters - accident investigation, motor vehicle examination - collating relevant data, providing expert reports & presenting evidence to all levels of court

I am a Consultant Forensic Scientist specialising in road accident investigation. I am competent to accept instructions in all the usual aspects of road accident investigation, including the examination of vehicles involved in collisions. I can also prepare videos, photographs and scale plans of collision sites as required.

Member of Avon & Somerset Police 1970-1999 retiring as the Officer in Charge of the Force Accident Investigation Unit • Holder of City & Guilds Certificate in AI • Authorised examiner & instructor for City & Guilds Board • Responsible for the training of all police officers from region until 1990 • Attended training courses at IPTM University of North Florida & has presented papers at international seminars at the same university • Trained to advanced level in damage analysis & speed assessments from ...

Personal injury • Product liability • Professional negligence claims • Environmental health • Consumer protection • Building & construction problems & safety • Playground accidents • Ladder accidents • Structures & structural engineering • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Agricultural & horticultural • Manufacturing industries • Electrical safety • Chemical safety • Industrial diseases • Musculoskeletal disorders & RSI • Slips, trips & falls • Fork-lift trucks • Guards & guarding systems • Factory accidents ...

Accident investigation • Forensic collision investigation • Road traffic accident reconstruction • Damage profiles, critical speed & other tyre marks • Motorcycle collisions • Police vehicle collisions • Pedestrian collisions • Tachograph analysis • Video & still photography • Critical appraisal of previously prepared reports • 30 years' experience presenting evidence at court • Former senior investigating officer & head of accident investigation unit of a metropolitan police force

Forensic road collision investigation • Vehicle examination (all classes) • Site surveys & scale plan preparation • Locus reports • Photography • Videography • Evaluation & analysis of existing evidence • Road traffic enforcement incidents investigated • Expert reports prepared • Evidence presented in all courts • 30 year police career, 24 years roads policing • 21 years as police collision investigator, 7 years as Senior CI • Independent consultant since 2009

Automation & manufacturing control systems • Process plant performance • Food & drink processing machinery • Mechanical, electrical & control technology in manufacturing industries • Failure analysis & troubleshooting • Bulk materials handling • Bakery goods • Project engineering & management • Quality control • PLC, SCADA, HMI, MMI systems • Rockwell, Siemens, Mitsubishi & Allen Bradley controls, commissioning & process claims • Risk assessment • Design analysis • Failure & engineering • Forensic studies • Over 30 years' ...

Fee parameters can operate within Legal Aid levels • First gave expert evidence with Ernst & Young • In excess of 500 cases with expert involvement • Mid-career spent in industry & commerce with a wide variety of director & company secretary positions in public & private companies, including experience in recruitment industry & career counselling • Traditional forensic accounting skills (loss, valuation, etc.) enhanced by direct experience in industry & commerce ...

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Arson • Forensic examination of fires & explosions • Accident investigation • Road traffic investigation • Materials failures • Chemical engineering • Water leaks • Soil, geological & other environmental evidence • Rail accidents • Electrical equipment & related failure • Personal injury • Contamination • Mechanical equipment & related failure • Paint & substance spills

Forensic investigation & scientific reconstruction of road collisions • Evaluation of expert reports • Evidence appraisal • Interviewing witnesses, including police officers • Crash site survey • In-car drive-through video recording • Inspection of damaged vehicles • Expert report presented with accompanying photographic & video exhibits ...

Independent investigation of accident & collision enquiries: • Examination of scenes, vehicles & components • Collation of evidence by photography & video • Preparation of scale plans • Consideration of witness evidence • Preparation of technical reports • Provision of advice & oral evidence • Speed assessment • Tachograph evidence analysis • Incident data recorder analysis • Independent advice in disputed civil claims • Investigation of suspected fraudulent or staged collisions ...

Cardiff University Law School/Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate trained • I have over 20 years' experience in health and safety and food safety, both in the UK and overseas • Health and safety law • Risk management • Policy development and implementation • Due diligence defence • Accident investigation • Personal injury claims • Training • Food safety • HACCP • Investigation of food poisoning • Main sectors include tour operators (hotel audits carried out in over 20 countries covering areas such as fire, food ...