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.

Anaesthesia • Critical care medicine • Major trauma • Emergency medicine • Orthopaedics and trauma anaesthesia • Penetrating trauma All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

Exposure assessment and control of chemical, physical and biological agents • Personal protective equipment requirement, selection, use and management • Risk assessment • Health and safety management systems • Incident investigation • Manual handling • Asbestos exposure

Respiratory diseases, including asthma, asbestosis, bronchitis, emphysema & mesotheliomal tumour • Environmental factors, including fugitive gas emissions, irritants, carbon monoxide poisoning & toxicology • Occupational disease, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Drink driving, failure to give breath sample due to medical impairment • Musculoskeletal disease • Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) • Heavy metals poisoning, including cadmium, lead & mercury Correspondence address: Hollyoaks, 20 Haven Gard...

Anaesthesia for all surgical procedures except cardiac surgery & obstetrics • Airway management & intubation • Resuscitation • Awareness • Anaphylaxis • Preoperative assessment • Postoperative care & complications • Cardiac arrest • Spinal/epidural & regional anaesthesia • Nerve blocks • Anaesthetic equipment & monitoring • Central venous catheterisation • Arterial cannulae • Management of haemorrhage • Human factors in anaesthesia

Obstetric anaesthesia & analgesia • Complications of epidural & spinal techniques • Anaesthesia for plastic & cosmetic surgery • Hypotensive anaesthesia • Risk management

General anaesthesia • Cardiac anaesthesia • Critical care medicine • Peri-operative care • Peri-operative risk management

Glass analysis • Paint analysis • Fibre analysis • Footwear mark & toolmark comparisons • Forensic evidence, general • Analytical chemistry • Drink drive calculations • Drug analysis, valuation & packaging • MDT analysis • Drug driving • Electronic tags

Anaesthesia administration & monitoring • General anaesthesia for surgery • Regional anaesthesia techniques • Sedation for medical procedures • Perioperative pain management • Management of anaesthetic complications • Critical care medicine & intensive care units (ICU) • Anaesthetic management in special populations (e.g. paediatrics, geriatrics) • Anaesthetic pharmacology & drug interactions All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 

Dr Cain has specialist clinical interests in the following areas: • Critical care medicine • Anaesthesia • Sepsis • Perioperative medicine • Echocardiography • Intubation • Line insertion • Bronchoscopy • Percutaneous tracheostomy • Organ donation • End of life care • Infection control • Transfer medicine • Airway management

I provide independent and objective expert witness services in Environmental Health, Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety, and Fire Safety Risk assessment. I have worked in these areas since 1978 and have provided expert witness services since 1996. I am trained as an expert witness and have provided over a thousand reports for the court. I accept instructions as a Single Joint Expert and from solicitors acting on single instructions for claimants and defendants. I have given evidence in court on numerous occasions. Last year I prepared around 140 reports for court, of which...

Occupational hygiene • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure

Anaesthesia (general, spinal, epidural & local) • Awareness during anaesthesia • Injury & complications during anaesthesia • Patient safety • Problems with tracheal intubation • Pre-operative assessment & preparation • Post-operative care & complications • Medical negligence involving anaesthesia • Research involving anaesthesia • Anaesthetic equipment • Regional (nerve block) anaesthesia • Nerve injuries in the perioperative period • Allergic reactions during anaesthesia • Standard of care in anaesth

My past career has included 8 years in industry & 7 years as a Specialist Inspector of the HSE where my specialism was process safety & flammable materials. I can therefore accept instruction in most cases where health & safety legislation is concerned, i.e. storage, use & processing of flammable materials, etc.

Process plant hazards • Major hazards risk assessment • Oil, gas, LPG, LNG hazards • Hydrocarbon fires • Explosion analysis (accidental) • Event frequency analysis • Quantified risk assessment (QRA) • Toxic gas hazards • COMAH safety cases • Major accidents to the Environment (MATTE), etc.

Anaesthesia and peri-operative care • Intensive care medicine • Sepsis and septic shock • Critical care echocardiography (TTE/TEE) • Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) • Airway management and ventilation • Patient safety and simulation training • Haemodynamic monitoring All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW.

Inhalation toxicology • Biochemistry • Central nervous system • Combustion or fire toxicology • Multiple chemical sensitivity • Human health risk assessment • Industrial chemicals • Fire-retardant chemicals • Pharmaceuticals • Pesticides • Anaesthetic agents • Cyanide • Carbon monoxide • Eurotox Registered Toxicologist, 1998 • Full Member of British Toxicology Society, 1998 • Diplomate, American Board of Toxicologists, 1996 • Full Member of Society of Toxicology, 1986 • Member of editorial boa...

Stephen is a Chartered Waste Manager within the renewable energy, waste, resources and environment sector with over 20 years at a senior level. Stephen has previously held a Certificate of Technical Competency (CoTC) for composting. Stephen has worked within the private sector at a senior level for several waste management companies and global environmental infrastructure consultancies. Stephen is familiar with most waste treatment and renewable energy technologies. Stephen understands the technology supply chain from design, through delivery, commissioning and operation, acting a...

Occupational hygiene - respiratory cases, e.g. carcinogens, asthmagens and COPD (such as dust, silica, fume, isocyanates and other vapours) • Dermal cases (such as solvents, metals, acids, resins and other chemicals) • Microbiology (mould and bacteria, such as Aspergillus spp and legionella)

David Aron has over 20 years’ experience of energy expert witness work. He has acted as an expert at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the World Bank Tribunal in Washington. He has been the determining expert in an energy price dispute between Australian producers and an Asian buyer. He has also been an expert at the London Court of International Arbitration and the UK High Court, as well as the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a Member of the Academy of Experts.

Process plant hazards • Major hazards risk assessment • Oil, gas, LPG, LNG hazards • Hydrocarbon fires • Explosion analysis (accidental) • Event frequency analysis • Evacuation assessment • System reliability • Quantified risk assessment • Toxic gas hazards • COMAH safety cases • Storage hazards of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, liquefied gases, etc. • Building fires

Anaesthesia for general and emergency surgery • Intensive care unit management • Drug error prevention and human factors • Central line placement and airway techniques • Obstetric and high-risk anaesthesia • Clinical audit and patient safety initiatives All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW.

Consultant Anaesthetist since 1992 • Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia at Homerton Hospital 1994-2016 • President of the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association 2008-2011 • Panellist for GMC Fitness to Practise proceedings 2006-2014 • Main area of expertise is the provision of safe, effective analgesia and anaesthesia for women in pregnancy • Extensive experience in the management of all types of anaesthesia and pain relief for labour and delivery • Particular interest in the management of high-risk pregnancy, especially pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and amniotic fl...

Dr Tyrrell-Marsh accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Anaesthesia • Anaesthetics • Cardiac arrest • Critical care • Medical assessment • Pre-hospital care • Transplant patients • Trauma assessment • Trauma care

Anaesthesia and critical care medicine • Cardiac anaesthesia • Emergency medicine • NHS cases All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

Makesh is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 30+ years of global experience in thermal power and utility plant, WtE, biomass, and hazardous and clinical waste infrastructures • Expert in design, commissioning and optimisation of combustion systems, including moving grate, AFBC/CFBC, pulverised combustion and gasification systems • Extensive working knowledge and experience in fuel and waste handling, plant performance, combustion audits, flue gas treatment and technology validation • Provides expert witness, delays and defects services on energy and waste resource reco...

Dr Kitchen accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Acute management • Anaesthesia • Anaesthetics • Conscious sedation • Critical care medicine • Intubation • Regional anaesthesia • Sedation • Trauma

FHC Experts for Law & Mediation is one of the leading providers of expert witnesses, giving opinions in forensic and legal matters, both in the UK and internationally. Since 1999 we have been providing a custom range of forensic expert witness services within the judicial system for all criminal and civil practice, including the police, family courts, defence solicitors and barristers, inquests and medical negligence to name but a few. We have one of the largest expert witness panels comprising of, but not limited to, medical, paediatric, psychological, psychiatric, technic...

Accident investigation • Major hazards • Fire • Explosion • Toxic gas • Chemical spills • HSWA • COMAH • COSHH • DSEAR • Industrial injuries from chemical & process hazards • Risk from transport, storage, handling & treatment of chemicals, including hazardous waste • Environmental impact assessment • Accidents to the environment • Planning inquiries (risk & air pollution issues) • Air pollution, including odour nuisance & food tainting • Cargo quality disputes • Cargo contamina...

Technical litigation & arbitration • Process & project engineering • Safety & loss prevention • Accident investigation & forensic engineering, including fire, explosions & toxic releases • Safety & risk management • Offshore safety • Hazard & risk assessment • Experience of major public inquiries & litigations, including Flixborough, Kings Cross, Ocean Odyssey, Piper Alpha, Ladbroke Grove rail crash, Buncefield, Grenfell Tower Fire case • Also experience of planning inquiries, including major hazard installations

Accident • Assault • Injury • Trauma • Wounding • Personal injury • Torture • Tasers • Medical negligence • Road Traffic Act (drink/drug drive fitness) • Drug & alcohol misuse • Clinical forensic medicine • Fitness to detain • Fitness to be interviewed • Forensic & legal medicine • Deaths in custody • Harm in custody • Miscarriages of justice • Death investigation • Sexual assault • Death in custody • Care in custody • Police complaints • Nutrition &...

IMechE with 30 years' experience • Specialist in energy from waste (EfW) infrastructure (incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, waste to fuels) procurement, development, technical and commercial due diligence, including as Owner's Engineer • Expert witness, delays and defects in insurance claims (two waste gasification plants) and disputes (three biomass gasifiers) • Expert witness considering Best Available Techniques (BAT) in EfW dispute in International Court of Arbitration (ICC) • Expert witness considering design defects in an a...

Asbestos exposure & illness: asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer & pleural disease claims, property contamination • Occupational noise exposure (NIHL) in all industries • Occupational health - respiratory, dermal & cancer claims, e.g. dust, metals, silica, solvents, gases, lead, temperature & light • RSI/workplace injury • Musculoskeletal, PPE issues & accidents • Microbiology: mould & bacteria, Aspergillus  spp • Water quality/source for injury, health (e.g. Legionellosis) & property • Land contamin...

Dr MacLennan accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Anaesthesia • Anaesthetics • Conscious sedation • Emergency labour • Epidural • Intubation • Obstetric anaesthesia • Obstetric trauma • Regional anaesthesia • Sedation

Health risk assessment & control of hazards in the workplace • Occupational hygiene • Noise • Hand-arm vibration • COSHH • LEV • Personal protective equipment • Legionella risk assessment & control • Microbiological hazards Areas of expert witness work include: • Investigation of workplace accidents and environmental pollution incidents • Identification of causative factors in cases of occupational ill-health • Examination of work environments and equipment following failure and/or injury • ...

General and specialist anaesthesia for major surgery • Perioperative medicine and pre-assessment of high-risk patients • Clinical negligence - anaesthetic and airway incidents • Medication errors and intra-operative adverse events • Frailty and surgical risk stratification All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW.

Health & safety management systems • Organisational culture • Training & education • Incident investigation • Workplace traffic management • Machinery safety & guarding • Manual handling • Noise • Thermal comfort & stress • Confined space entry • COSHH assessments • Airborne contaminant control • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure • Occupatio

FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES OF THE YEAR 2019 FORENSIC EXPERT OF THE YEAR 2018 FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS OF THE YEAR 2017 (EXPLOSIVES) FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES OF THE YEAR 2016 as a result of a poll of 100,000 solicitors and barristers carried out by Lawyer Monthly magazine. • Expert Witness Institute (EWI) Number: 1168 • The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) Number: 8984 PUBLIC ENQUIRIES Provision of overall forensic coordination of evidence and analysis of total ...

Dr Desai accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Acute pain management • Anaesthesia • Emergency general surgery • Pain medicine

Dr Ashworth administers cardiothoracic anaesthesia, anaesthesia for heart and lung transplantation, and general and regional anaesthesia. He also administers care to the critically ill, including life support, invasive monitoring techniques, resuscitation and end-of-life care. He has a special interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).

Expertise: • Recognition, evaluation & control of occupational health risks such as chemicals, dusts, fumes, vapours & noise Experience: • A practising occupational hygienist with over 30 years' experience in a wide range of industrial & occupational settings with problems including respiratory ill health, e.g. asthma, asbestosis & other respiratory illness, cancer, noise-induced hearing loss, skin problems • Numerous publications & papers • Court experience as expert witness for defence & claimant Profe...