Town & country planning as per planning legislation & policy • Case precedent & guidance as applies to England • All aspects of planning, except minerals, waste & energy (if technical) Offices in Lancashire, Cumbria & Cornwall

• RICS Registered Valuer • RICS Registered Expert Witness An experienced expert witness in the following valuation matters: • Professional negligence claims • Dilapidations disputes (Section 18 (1) valuations) • Diminution valuations • Commercial and residential property disputes • Restrictive covenants • Matrimonial disputes • Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 lease renewals • References to arbitrators and independent experts • Mediation

I am a Chartered Surveyor/Registered Valuer and a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with over a decade of surveying experience. I also have memberships with the National Association of Estate Agents, the Association of Residential Lettings Agents and The Property Institute. I am familiar with providing FPR25 and CPR35 compliant reports. My expertise is within valuation services, providing valuation reports for a variety of purposes and asset types from standard residential and commercial...

Building surveying • Building pathology and building defects • Construction disputes • Professional negligence in relation to building surveying and contract administration • Dilapidations • Party wall matters

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Residential, domestic, commercial, retail, industrial, infrastructure, education, arts & leisure, oil & gas • Buildings • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Offshore structures • Wind turbines • Industrial buildings • Heavy civils • Infrastructure • Portal frames • Tanks • Liquid retaining structures • Structural analysis • Structural assessment • Structural surveys • Structural design • Structural strengthening • Structural repair • Remedial works • Renovations • Professional negligence •...

During the 31 years of my business life I have practised as a surveyor advising on many aspects of residential and commercial property, investment, development and management. This includes: • Valuation • Survey • Pathology • Defect diagnosis • Sale • Letting • Purchase • Management • Repair • Advice on landlord and tenant • Dilapidations • Boundary disputes • Party walls • Right to light • Building disputes I have extensive valuation experience on residential and commercial properties throughout London, the South East and UK wide procured...

I am a chartered quantity surveyor with over 18 years’ construction experience in residential, Ministry of Defence, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure and commercial building. I have significant hands-on experience in quantity surveying and contract administration under numerous suites/forms of contract including JCT, PPC, NEC, EPIC/EPC and bespoke forms, as well as experience of most methods of procurement. I am a Partner at Quantum Experts and able to act as a party-appointed or...

Provides professional services in the following field of expertise: • Construction defects • Building contract and property title disputes • Landlord and tenant dilapidations • Section 11 housing disrepair

I am a chartered quantity surveyor with over 18 years’ construction experience in residential, Ministry of Defence, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure and commercial building. I have significant hands-on experience in quantity surveying and contract administration under numerous suites/forms of contract including JCT, PPC, NEC, EPIC/EPC and bespoke forms, as well as experience of most methods of procurement. I am a Partner at Quantum Experts and able to act as a party-appointed or...

Building contract disputes: financial & contractual analysis • Dilapidations claims • Dampness & disrepair claims • Party Wall Act • Defective or incomplete building works • Building defects: commercial & residential • Boundary disputes • Access to neighbouring land • Insolvency claims in construction contracts • Mr Frias-Robles is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) • Party wall expert & Chairman of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club (Wessex Branch)

Building defects • Works not in accordance with Building Regulations • Reviews of design information in relation to scope • Reviews of the design/construction of external walls with respect to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations (e.g. material specification, cavity barriers) • Performance of the architect or lead designer

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Engineering design • Steelwork • Reinforced concrete • Masonry • Buildings • Basements • Movement • Cracking • Failure • Collapse • Waterproofing • Water ingress • Roofs • Floor slabs • Foundations • Piling • Underpinning • Retaining walls • Deep basements • Diaphragm walls • Heave • Subsidence • Ground movement • Deflection • Vibration • Railway stations • Underground stations • Airports • Car parks • Industrial buildings • Remedial works

I am an architect with 35 years' experience on a range of building types and sizes and in various capacities. I completed my MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration at Kings College London and I also hold a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. I am an arbitrator and adjudicator. I am a Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers and I hold a Professional Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment (Life Safety). Member of the Academy of Experts. Listed on the RIBA Register of Experts. I hold the Cardiff University...

46 years' experience in the security industry, extensive expert witness & court experience, including SJE for leading loss adjusters, assessors, solicitors & courts • Instructed in three of the UK's largest cases - Hatton Garden raid, Weston-Super-Mare pier fire, London riots 2011 • Detailed knowledge of burglary, fire & intruder alarm detector & control panel functions & failures, alarm receiving centre (ARC) operations, protocol & ARC alarm log analysis • NACOSS/NSI/SSAIB regulations, British & European standards,...

Building defects • Defective workmanship & construction defects • Survey reports • Mobile homes • Dilapidations • Architectural design • Building surveying General building cases: South West England & South Wales; mobile home cases: UK-wide

Building contract disputes • Disrepair claims • Defective design & workmanship negligence claims • Building pathology • Building conversion & restoration • Party Wall, etc., Act Mr Mathieson is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Managing Director of Ellis Belk Associates Limited and a practising Chartered Building Surveyor with many years' experience investigating building defects of both design and workmanship. In addition to his expert witness workload, Mr Mathieson has been involved with Channel...

Structural engineering including: • Subsidence • Structural stability • Structural design of all major construction materials • Vibration of structures • Domestic, residential, commercial properties • Highway structures • Disputes in design • Housing disrepair (structural engineering) • Compliance with Building Regulations and Codes of Practice • High-rise construction • Foundation design (structure)

My specialism for expert witness instructions is the valuation of commercial premises and land used for industrial, warehouse, retail and office purposes. My geographic area of expertise is within Hampshire, specifically around Southampton, The New Forest, Romsey, Winchester and Portsmouth.

Visiting sites to carry out independent inspection of failed flooring • Preparation of written reports for possible legal action • Identifying the cause of failed flooring & suggesting solutions • Expert witness services • Dispute resolutions • Consultancy services • Floor specifications guides & training • Technical advice • Onsite training for sales staff & installers • Bespoke training to retailers, manufacturers & distributors • Moisture testing • Sub-floor preparation courses • Carpet & impervious installation reports Additional...

Mechanical and electrical engineering systems (M & E) • LOLER Thorough Examinations • PSSR Thorough Examinations and written schemes • PUWER inspection • COSHH Thorough Examination and test • Agricultural equipment, including telescopic handlers and front loaders • Mobile elevating work platforms • Pressure systems, including major, intermediate and minor • Regulatory compliance engineering • Loss control engineering • Accident investigation • Equipment failure investigations • Material failure • Technical due diligence • Health and safety...

Valuation of commercial, office, industrial, retail, investments, property, development sites (commercial & residential) & educational & charity properties • Valuation for rent review, lease renewal, dilapidations (diminution in value), probate, capital gains tax, professional negligence cases & matrimonial cases

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Forensic engineering • Maritime engineering • Coastal engineering • Design • Construction • Workmanship • Professional negligence • Damage • Defects analysis • Cracking • Buckling • Corrosion • Deflections • Deterioration • Dilapidations • Settlement • Subsidence • Heave • Ground movement • Concrete quality • Concrete durability • Concrete strength • Concrete testing • Basements • Foundations • Refurbishment • New build • Historic buildings • Raised access floors • Floor slabs • Screeds • Structural analysis • Structural stability •...

Hugh has over 35 years’ experience in civil, structural and multidisciplinary design, engineering and management of major infrastructure and building projects, including design-build, PFI and BOT projects. He has been responsible for the design and management of many unique building and infrastructure projects, including complex above and below ground structures in difficult ground conditions. Hugh has extensive expertise in civil, structural, geotechnical, transportation, utility, water, wastewater design...

Land use and development planning • All aspects of town planning, including national and local planning policy • Planning and related legislation • National planning practice guidance • Local planning policy • Listed buildings and conservation areas • Development management/control • Case examples include numerous planning appeal inquiries • Contractual disputes • Casino licensing hearings and appeals • Compulsory purchase/Lands Tribunal • Judicial review of planning decisions • Injunctions, etc. Offices in Lancashire, Cumbria &...

Principal professional specialisms I have over 30 years' post qualification experience of surveying/valuing residential and commercial property across Southern England - mainly in the county of Sussex. Experience includes preparation of Expert Witness Valuation Reports, valuations for loan security purposes, advice on conversions and refurbishment projects, development land, lease extensions, collective enfranchisements, rent reviews, lease renewals, dilapidations and other landlord and tenant work. Professional...

Consultant Surveyor used to acting as an expert witness in property valuation disputes in the area of civil litigation • I have acted as an expert in cases concerning the High Court, County Court, at government public inquiries & at Valuation Tribunals • I have professionally advised both public & private companies & individuals • I regularly advise in disputes involving both commercial & residential properties, including those affecting disputes over asset, values, landlord & tenant matters & matrimonial disputes

Neighbourly & Boundary Disputes I have been appointed as party wall surveyor for building owners and adjoining owners. I frequently provide advice to parties wishing to undertake works close to or on the boundary, which may or may not fall within the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. This includes commercial and domestic clients. I am employed to help resolve disputes between parties over neighbourly matters, including the undertaking of building works or the removal of boundary features by one party, the position...

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Residential, domestic, commercial, retail, industrial, infrastructure, education, arts & leisure, oil & gas • Buildings • High-rise • Underground structures • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Bridges • Ports • Petrochemical facilities • Offshore structures • Wind turbines • Industrial buildings • Heavy civils • Infrastructure • Rail • Airports • Stations • Silos • Domes • Concrete shells • Steel grid shells • Portal frames • Tanks • Liquid retaining structures • Structural analysis • Structural...

Compulsory purchase public inquiry & assessment of compensation at Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) • Section 18 LTA 1927 dilapidation cases • Viability in respect of affordable housing & Section 106 obligations for planning appeals • Negligence claims against surveyors, valuers & solicitors • Option agreements • Boundary disputes • Electricity wayleaves & easements • Breaches of covenants • Marriage value • Ransom value • Mixed use retail & leisure development • Residential development • Retail & business premises valuation • Restrictive...