Veterinary medicine & surgery as a general practitioner • Farm animals & domestic pets • Certificate holder in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law • Casualty Veterinary Surgeon at Beverley, Redcar & Doncaster racecourses • Official Veterinary Surgeon acting in abattoirs for meat hygiene & veterinary public health, & animal welfare from farm to abattoir • Equine matters pertaining to performance horses, racehorses, eventers, show jumpers • Transport of animals • Veterinary negligence

Agricultural & horticultural business analysis & management involving crops & livestock • Agronomy of arable crops, potatoes, soft fruit, vegetables, grass • Dairy, beef, sheep, pig husbandry • Training & safety on farms in relation to personal injury claims • Investigation of liability & quantum for litigation involving seed, plants, pesticides, feedstuffs, machinery, fertilisers, negligence, personal injury, pipeline & roadworks, poisoning, nuisance, consequential losses & loss of earnings, including ...

Farm viability appraisals • Negligent advice claims • Dairy herd management • Production losses linked to feeding stuffs • Agricultural occupancy condition, application & removal • Consequential business losses • Livestock production • Personal injury claims

Arable crops • Grasslands • Agricultural finance • Agricultural planning • Animal husbandry • Animal nutrition • Organic farming • Leading expert in the landmark case of Shirley McKaskie -v- John Cameron (1 July 2009, Preston County Court) - dog walker attacked by cows when on a footpath

Farm management • Farm economics • Arable farming • Livestock farming • Farm staff recruitment • Agriculture, ancillary industries

All aspects of farm livestock with particular expertise in animal breeding & feeding practices & animal nutrition in general • Wide experience of the agricultural supply industry at senior level

All matters relating to the production & management of all classes of farm livestock (dairy, beef, sheep, pigs & goats) • Grassland management & forage production • Financial losses relating to disease(s) within farm livestock • Genetic improvement within farm livestock • The growing & production of arable crops (wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans, oilseed rape) • The storage of such crops • Gross margin analysis of agricultural enterprises • Loss of agricultural income resulting from damage, introduction of ...

Over 20 years' experience in technical agriculture, farm accountancy & interpretation of legislation • Services to the legal & insurance professions in the following areas: • Farm accidents • Product liability • Chemical damage • Road accidents to farmers • Farm income loss assessment • Fire & storm damage • Trespass • Farm issues due to marriage breakdown • Employer & public liability • Interpretation of EU & National legislation as applicable to farming & agriculture ...

Analysis & bacteriology of foods • Analysis of drugs • Pharmaceutical & medicine analysis • Vitamins • Analysis of fertilisers & feedstuffs • Fuel technology • Analysis of water • Effluent • Pollution, general • Forensic science • Blood alcohol authorised analysts • Blood alcohol backtrack calculation • Accelerants & fire duration • Intoxylizers, failure to provide breath • Drink & drugs & driving • Food identification • Stomach contents identification

EC-registered Analytical Chemist • EC-registered Qualified Person in the pharmaceutical industry • Senior Lecturer in Forensic Analytical Science at Manchester Metropolitan University • Former member of several MAFF, EC, BSI & ISO committees & working parties • Author of both refereed papers & other articles • Microbiological & chemical consultancy, testing & writing, including chemistry, chemicals, microbiology, micro-organisms, bacteriology, bacteria, antibiotics, mycology, moulds, yeasts, fungi, ...

Loss or damage to agricultural & horticultural products caused by machinery in harvesting, handling, storage & transport • Analysis of farm machinery operation or design factors in personal injuries • General problems in performance or design of agricultural machinery, including the mechanical & electrical aspects of farm & food preparation buildings • Measurement of power, temperature, humidity, airflow & air constituents in crop storage & processing operations • Analysis of engineering aspects & ...