Occupational health & safety • Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) • Noise surveys • Ergonomics & manual handling • Slipping accident investigation • Ladders & scaffolding • Cranes & lifting equipment • Play areas & equipment • Machine tools • Workshops • Machine guarding • Bearings • Consumer product defects • Consumer product safety • CE marking & product compliance • Helmets • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Laser safety • Non-ionising radiation • Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) & electromagnetic interference (EMI)

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 Experts in the...

I accept instructions from defendants and claimants via solicitors on most health and safety topics. I have particular experience in health and safety legislation, fatal accident investigation, manufacturing, construction, banking, education, healthcare, charity, retail and pharmaceuticals. My skills include: risk assessment, training, work at height, fall prevention, safe systems of work, safety documentation and policies, fire safety and protection, COSHH, manual handling and work equipment.

Health and safety auditing, management, documentation investigation and law • Health and safety in healthcare, hospitals, care support, education, mental health, special education, local authorities, residential homes, warehousing • Stress, violence and aggression, assaults, pedestrian/vehicle segregation, warehouse operations, swimming pools, schools, leisure centres, grounds maintenance, transport

Arboricultural consultancy of all kinds, including: • Investigation of cases where subsidence or heave has occurred and involvement of trees is suspected. • Site surveys and reports for architects and developers, preparation of planning submissions and proofs of evidence for appeal hearings and public inquiries. • Assistance with Tree Preservation Order appeals. • Investigation of tree-related accidents. • Litigation concerning dangerous trees: nuisance and trespass. • Valuation of amenity trees and woodlands.

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

Civil engineering • Steel erection & cladding • Reinforced concrete structures • Steelfixing & shuttering • Pipelines & drainage works • Scaffolding & work at height • Use of ladders • Tunnelling & tunnelling equipment • Marine work & offshore construction • Augered & impact piling • Grouting • Construction site practice • Earthworks & earthmoving equipment • Excavators & cranes • Contractual disputes & cranes Building • Structural surveys • Building defects • Subsidence & underpinning • Reinstatement following fire, flood or storm • Rising damp...

Investigation of industrial & leisure accidents of almost every kind • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manufacturing plant & machinery • Sports, play & leisure • Slips, trips & falls • Manual handling • Woodworking machinery • Work-related upper limb disorders • Consumer product defects • Noise & deafness • Construction work • Fork-lift trucks • Agricultural machinery • Road traffic accidents • Ladders & scaffolding • Fires & explosions • Welding • Hand-arm vibration syndrome

Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering; play areas and playgrounds; scaffolding; warehousing industry; welding; woodworking industry Mechanical design • Mechanical appliances • Mechanical engineering, including project...

Mechanical engineering • Mechanical failure • Product failure • Pneumatic engineering • Hydraulic engineering • Automotive engineering • Personal protective equipment • Classic vehicles • Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering;...

Accident investigation • Accident prevention • Accidental injuries • Adventure activities safety • Canal safety • Countryside safety • Consumer safety • Safety in education • Safety in physical education • Falls accident investigation • Water slides safety • Historic environment • Safety in industry • Leisure activities safety • Leisure accident investigation • Local authorities safety • National Parks public safety • Occupational safety • Sports injuries • Playground injuries