Professor Lader in LONDON
Drugs used in psychiatry, including tranquillisers, antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics), antidepressants, lithium, benzodiazepines, etc. • Some illicit drugs, e.g. LSD, amphetamines • Drug & alcohol interactions
Atha in WIGAN
Independent expert evidence & consultancy in criminal cases involving controlled drugs (amphetamine, LSD, MDMA/ecstasy, heroin, cocaine) • Valuation • Consumption patterns • Effects of drugs on behaviour & driving ability • Surveys of drug use & drug users • Research services • Literature search & document retrieval • Cannabis: market analysis • Estimation of potential yields from indoor or outdoor cannabis cultivation systems • Quality assessment • Interpretation of forensic analyses • Therapeutic & medicinal uses of ...
Mr Merrills in NOTTINGHAM
Pharmacy practice • Ethics • Retail pharmacy business • Use of medicines • Criminal cases involving pharmacy or medicines • Wrongful death involving pharmacy • Technical reports • Prescription fraud • Contracts for pharmaceutical services • Dispensing & prescription data • Legal issues relating to practice of pharmacy (formerly Deputy Chief Pharmacist at the Department of Health, London)
Mr Kirkham in LONDON
DETRU has over 20 years' experience providing reports in 'Section 9' form, prior primarily to drug trials under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and giving oral evidence where necessary. All controlled drugs are covered, and specific areas include: • Price • Effects • Consumption • Patterns of use • Production • Potency • Purity • Packaging • Importation • Cultivation • 'Street' & dealer practices
Mr Bottomley in LEATHERHEAD
Analysis of drugs of abuse • Drug traces • Drug traces on banknotes • Drug comparisons • Country of origin of drugs • Illicit laboratories • Cannabis grow rooms & cannabis production • Examination of vehicles & premises • Drug training
Dr Emmerson in ST IVES
Drink drive calculations • Breath testing & interpretation • Marks & impressions, footwear & instrument • Trace evidence, paint, glass, etc. • Drug analysis & comparisons of drugs & packaging materials
Dr Bliss in AMMANFORD
28 years as a pharmacist in hospital, university & commercial environments • Formerly Deputy Pharmaceutical Officer in a teaching hospital (NHS) trust • Published papers in medicinal chemistry, immunology, pharmacoeconomic modelling • Knowledge & experience of anti-doping, therapeutics, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, gas testing, teaching students & giving evidence • More than 3 years' involvement at national level in high performance sport as an investigator • Financial investigations
Mr Morgan in HONITON
We have considerable practical expertise in all aspects of drug trafficking and production matters. Our areas of expertise include: • Cannabis cultivation - estimation of yields, levels of sophistication & valuation • Levels of drug use - quantities recovered consistent with personal use • Drug valuations (particularly in relation to POCA proceedings) • Interpretation of 'dealing lists', including text messages & drug slang • Amphetamines • Interpretation of forensic evidence. This list is not definitive and, as each ...
Dr Douse in TAUNTON
EXPLOSIVES • Military explosives • Commercial explosives • Improvised explosives • Bombs • Ammunition • Roadside devices • Improvised explosive device design • Improvised explosive production health and safety • Electrical circuits • Chemical synthesis • Illegal laboratories • Training manuals • Target attack principles • Training • Petrol bombs • Chemical WMD devices • Toxin WMD (Ricin) devices • Trace analysis • Contamination • Quality assurance • Car bombs • Truck bombs • LPG devices • Roadside IEDs • Timers • Booby traps • Detection • New ...
Dr Berry in EAST GRINSTEAD
Drug testing • Alcohol test calculations • Toxicological interpretation • Forensic toxicology • Alcohol • Drugs • Drugs & driving • Substance misuse • Drug-facilitated crime • Child custody • Drugs - licit & illicit • Drugs & personal injury
