Grant has acted as Expert Witness on projects requiring rigour and expertise in contaminated land, geotechnical engineering and hydrogeology. He has 35 years’ post-graduate experience in engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, contaminated land, hydrogeology and remediation. He has an excellent reputation within his field which stems from his innate ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, technically complex matters in terms that his audience understands.

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...

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 properties to some more specialist work, such as development appraisals and fi...

Advice on traffic & access relating to site development • Hotels • Food & non-food retail • Housing & change of use • Support of unitary development plans policy at public inquiry • Traffic impact assessment • Evidence given on behalf of a number of prominent developers & agencies, including Elbrook C&C Ltd, Blue Orange Core, Bright Stars Nursery Ltd & London Borough of Harrow

Farm management • Horticultural economics • Arable farming • Livestock farming • Personal injury • Producer groups • Grants • Subsidies • Renewables • Environmental farming • Organic production • Quantum • Diversification

Experienced consultant and expert witness in quarrying, open pit mining, geotechnical engineering (both mining and civil engineering), health and safety in quarries and mines • Chartered Mining Engineer, Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner, former Chartered Geologist • Extensive experience in consulting, contracting and managing mining and quarrying operations in both technical and production capacities • Works extensively in the UK, Europe and Africa • Expert evidence given in mineral extraction, slope stability in mines and quarries, mine and quarry design, resou...

• RICS Registered Valuer • RICS Accredited 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

Japanese knotweed • Boundary disputes • Residential construction disputes • Leasehold enfranchisement • Valuations • Easements • Restrictive covenants

EcoSport Innovations are a design and consultancy organisation with vast experience in all areas in the field of natural and synthetic turf facilities. Nick Rickerby has spent 25 years working as project manager and consultant for various organisations, including some of the world's largest synthetic sports turf manufacturers. He is a true industry expert and all-rounder, and has a great depth of understanding in sports facility construction and surfacing. With in-house site surveying capabilities, along with AutoCAD and InfoDrainage software, we provide a complete one-stop shop f...

David has wide-ranging experience in the wastes management industry as an operator, consultant and developer. During his 30+ year career he has instigated and supported the development of many waste treatment facilities through the project lifecycle, from conception through to construction, site supervision, commissioning and ongoing management and operations. • Waste infrastructure • Business development • Landfills • Site supervision • Due diligence • Contract management • MBT • Composting

Soil mechanics • Foundation engineering • Mineral stability • Slope instabilities • Conditions of contract • Development constraints • Offshore foundations

Building surveying • Building technology • Buildings • Alterations to buildings • Damp in buildings • Dilapidations • Dilapidation of buildings • Construction of buildings • Construction • Architecture • Fire • Fire safety • Building regulations • Boundary disputes • Party walls • Building design • Building defects • Construction defects • Building inspection • Building condition • Building Act • Building engineering • Building pathology • Commercial buildin

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

With 38 years' professional experience of interpretation and mapping from historic and modern aerial photographs, stereoscopic pairs of analogue aerial photographs, digital aerial imagery, Lidar data and satellite imagery • Interpretation and use of historic and modern map evidence • Evidence provision for heritage and archaeology, legal land use, adverse possession, town and village green matters, boundary issues and disputes, property curtilage and extent, building regulations issues, planning, rights of way and rights of light. Competent in urban and rural contexts, agri...

Tree hazard evaluation • Planning appeals & applications • Tree & branch failures • Tree nuisance • Root trespass • Subsidence • Industrial accidents involving arboricultural operations • Tree damage from construction operations • Tree damage to infrastructure, buildings & surfaces • Plant establishment • Tree failures (planting) • Mediterranean trees & landscapes • Amenity valuation • Tripping due to tree roots • Safe working practices & pruning practices • Woodlands • Fire prot

• Dispute resolution claims, adjudication and arbitration • Professional negligence claims - Philip regularly acts for parties that are seeking compensation from a negligent surveyor or representing surveyors where an allegation of negligence has been made • Expert witness reports acting as a claimant, defendant and/or single joint expert in building dispute matters • Party wall consultant and published author on the Party Wall Act, first person to undertake doctoral research into the Party Wall, etc., Act 1996 • Landlord and tenant dilapidation di...

Experienced in sewerage and land drainage matters to include: • drainage investigations • drainage design • preparation of drainage contracts • supervision and management of drainage contracts • management of consulting engineers • hydraulic modelling and masterplanning of sewerage networks. Experienced in allegations of professional negligence against consulting engineers Experienced in allegations of bad workmanship against contractors

Provision of expert witness services in areas such as: • Waste management and treatment • Landfill sites • Environmental and health effects of waste management facilities and contaminated land • Assessment of risks from contaminated land, including risks to water and to human health

Assessment and design of silage, slurry and manure handling, storage and application equipment and facilities • Compliance with agri-pollution legislation • Agricultural land management, including soil, manure and vegetation management practice • Bovine livestock Mr Bentley has extensive experience in the assessment, design and optimisation of bovine livestock systems across both dairy and beef enterprises. His work covers cattle housing layout, ventilation and welfare considerations, slurry and waste management systems, feed and handling infrastructure, and overall f...

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.

Foundation failures, including heave & subsidence-related problems • Building defects of structure & fabric, including concrete, steel, timber & masonry buildings, whether prefabricated or in situ • Footbridge & cycle bridge-related problems of deck & structure • Concrete failures due to contamination, chloride attack, carbonation, sulphate attack, alkali-silica reaction, together with pollution-related problems & their effect • Prestressing & related problems, including prestressed & post-tensioned in situ concrete • Cements •...

Expert witness for boundary disputes throughout the UK. I specialise in boundaries, and write approximately 5 CPR35 reports per month - over 500 in the last 10 years. I have provided oral evidence in court and at tribunals on 25 occasions in the last 10 years. I provide clear, concise reports and plans relating to boundary issues. I regularly attend joint meetings with surveyors from opposing parties. I can provide Determined Boundary plans and HMLR-compliant plans.

Property boundary disputes - commercial, residential and agricultural - in built or rural environments Prefers to act for legal professionals, but each dispute is unique.

Expert arboricultural evidence for developers & local authorities in planning appeals, hearings & public local inquiries • Expert witness statements & evidence relating to litigation involving arboriculture, tree root damage, subsidence, Tree Preservation Orders & high hedge disputes • Evidence relating to arboriculture, woodland management, insurance & valuation • Having previously been MD of the largest landscape & grounds maintenance contractor in the UK, I also specialise in resolution of contractual disputes, often as Single Joint Expert • I...

Building pathology • Construction defects and costs • Boundary disputes • Professional negligence • Building surveying • Residential valuations

The geotechnical issues relating to the analysis, design, specification & construction of building & civil engineering works, e.g. residential developments, commercial developments, highways, railways, landfills • Specifically in the geotechnical areas of slope stability, quarry stability, foundation design & construction, retaining wall design & construction, highway design & construction, railway design & construction, landfill design & construction • Expert reports on all the above issues

As former Chief Pilot with a major UK airline, Chris has wide experience in flight operations, pilot recruitment, training and remuneration. Currently a Type Rating Instructor and Examiner on Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' aircraft, he is also an active light aircraft pilot. Chris is an experienced expert witness - certificated by, and a Governor and Fellow of, the Expert Witness Institute. Also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a 1st tier APIL expert, and winner of the prestigious 2025 Lawyer Monthly Expert Witness Award for Aviation. The Axten Aviation team of experts covers aircr...

Acoustics, noise & vibration consultant • Environmental noise & planning relating to commercial, industrial & residential development • Planning inquiries • Licensing hearings & appeals • Environmental Protection Act hearings & noise nuisance assessments • Road & rail transportation noise • Leisure & entertainment noise • Sound insulation of buildings • Vibration • Gym due diligence & solution diagnostics • Hearing loss claims

Offices in Henley in Arden and Malvern. Expert assessment of garden works, landscape projects relating to standards & quality of construction or workmanship • Professional designer & consultant can advise & report on all scales of work & practice procedures • Reports, surveys & independent assessment provided • Specialist advisor on private garden projects, land use & development of golf-related facilities • Landscape architect for planning appeals & hearings

Town & country planning: • Environmental impact • Environmental protection: • Environmental management • Environmental monitoring • Water: • Water resources • Water quality • River pollution • Effluent pollution, analysis & treatment • Air: • Odour pollution & nuisance • Agriculture: • Agricultural engineering • Agricultural construction & use regulations • Health & safety accidents • Irrigation systems

Geotechnical engineering • Geotechnical analysis • Geotechnical design • Geotechnical assessment • Heavy civils • Buildings • Bridges • Basements • Maritime structures • Industrial slabs • Infrastructure • Road pavements • External paving • Site investigation • Desk study • Ground investigation • Groundwater • Seepage • Foundations • Shallow foundations • Footings • Raft foundations • Deep foundations • Bored piles • Driven piles • Rock sockets &...

Simone is a proven expert witness with over 10 years' experience in criminal and civil cases. She is a Chartered Waste Manager and has worked in the recycling and waste sector for over 25 years. She has a proven track record of producing clear and evidenced reports that reflect the duties of an expert, and has given verbal evidence in court several times, being commended by the Judge in one case for her clear and considered opinion. She has also supported formal mediation processes. The scope of her expertise covers a wide range of waste legislation and compliance, together w...

Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor with considerable expert witness & litigation experience, including: • Arbitration & Higher Tier Tribunals • Banking & other business & property disputes • Farm business advice, including finance & business restructuring • Agricultural insolvency & receivership • Planning & development • Agricultural tenancies, including as an adviser to Defra as a member of the Farm Tenancy Forum • Chairs the RICS Agricultural Tenancies Monitoring Group • Valuation • Boundaries • Experienc...

Iain specialises in the valuation of residential, commercial, agricultural and forested real estate in the rural and market town sector in Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and the Home Counties. He also provides advice on many rural estate and development issues, including the value of restrictive covenants. Iain has over 30 years' experience of the real estate sector, providing valuation, planning and estate management advice and services to Central and Local Government, charitable sector and private landowners. 17 years were spent managing and advising the UK Ministry of Defence, Fores...

Building control and regulations • Construction contract disputes • Negligent construction and design • Housing disrepair • Building defects and pathology • Surveyor negligence • Valuation of property, including family, proceeds of crime, land with development potential, diminution, etc. • Party wall and boundary matters Also consulting at: 140 Ewell Road, Surbiton ,KT6 6HE.

Market valuations for all purposes • Homebuyer reports • Building surveys • Single defect surveys • Boundary disputes and determinations • Disputes relating to building works • Design of remedial works • Party wall work • Applications to Land Registry • Expert witness reports

Expert Witness - Preparing reports under CPR Part 35 concerning boundary disputes, building disputes, party wall matters, professional negligence, Landlord and Tenant matters and building defects. Acting as single joint and party appointed expert witness, including numerous appearances in the county court and Landlord and Tenant Tribunals as Expert Witness. Boundary Disputes - Extensive experience undertaking boundary surveys and preparing reports for court. Professional Negligence Matters - I have experience of carrying out building surveys and Homebuyer surveys on a wide...

All property matters relating to valuation issues of motor trade & leisure industry, including in particular: • Landlord & tenant • Rental values • Petrol filling stations • Business losses • Professional negligence • Compulsory purchase • Rating assessments • Arbitrations • Mobile home parks & caravan sites • Shooting or sporting rights • Trained & practising arbitrator

As Associate Sustainability Consultant for Hilson Moran, Paul is competent to accept instructions in: • Nuisance from odour, dust & other amenity impacts relating to waste management, composting & industrial facilities • Air quality & odour monitoring & modelling • Flood risk & surface water management issues • Paul is experienced in finding environmental solutions to achieve planning permission for developments in some of the most challenging of urban environments

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

Building surveying: • Structural surveys & valuation • Boundary disputes • Party wall administration • Building defect diagnosis • Construction & contract administration • Building disputes • Subsidence damage • Leasehold dilapidations • Duties of a Chartered Surveyor or Valuer & negligence • Double glazing & conservatory disputes • Fire damage • Fire precautions & means of escape • Kitchen & joinery installation disputes Simon Levy is the Principal of an active, multi...

A highly experienced Chartered Accountant and Expert Witness, and former senior equity partner with a top-10 international firm of chartered accountants. Charles has prepared many hundreds of cases and given oral evidence in courts and arbitrations in the UK and internationally on many occasions. Now he heads a boutique firm specialising in expert testimony for contentious business valuations, insurance claims and other quantification assignments. Charles is also a leading expert on compensation under The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993. Charles is one of...

Building defects • Building surveys • Dilapidations • Family disputes • Housing disrepair • Landlord and tenant compensation • Matrimonial disputes • Professional negligence • Party wall disputes • Valuation disputes

Landfill operations and regulatory compliance assessments relating to environmental permits and trade effluent discharge consents • Landfill infrastructure design, construction and optioneering, including financial assumptions • Landfill odour and emissions, nuisance, leachate, gas management and energy recovery • Landfill site completion, closure and aftercare strategies • Waste sampling, characterisation and classification for regulatory compliance and process optimisation

Valuation of mineral projects • Mining geology • Mineral economics • Mineral evaluation • Platinum group element exploration & production • Gold exploration & production • Mining feasibility • Technical & financial appraisal of mining projects • Mining finance • Environmental impact of mining • Valuation of mineral projects • Extractive industry finance • Coal projects • Mining methods • Extractive metallurgy • Mineral reserves & resources • Base metal projects • Metals & e...

Academy of Experts & Registered Expert Witness Consulting Engineer with more than 50 years' experience in the UK, Middle East, Far East and SE Asia. Design of numerous low- and high-rise commercial, industrial and public buildings and structures, as well as basements, foundations and retaining walls involving: • masonry • concrete • steel • timber. Investigation of defective: • design • materials • construction • fabrication • manufacturing. Investigation of: ...

Hugh has over 35 years’ experience in civil, structural and multidisciplinary design, engineering and management of major infrastructure and building projects, including design-build, EPC, 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 and marine engineering. He has extensive experience in forensic engineering...

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...

Tree hazard evaluation • Planning appeals & applications • Tree & branch failures • Tree nuisance • Root trespass • Subsidence • Industrial accidents involving arboricultural operations • Tree damage from construction operations • Tree damage to infrastructure, buildings & surfaces • Plant establishment • Tree failures (planting) • Mediterranean trees & landscapes • Amenity valuation • Tripping due to tree roots • Safe working practices & pruning practices • Woodlands • Fire prot

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 • ...

Boundary disputes • Boundary demarcation • Conveyance plan clarification • Plans for vehicle accident sites • Professional negligence reports • Land parcel area calculations & reports • Land volume calculations & reports

Party wall disputes • Building contract disputes - typically domestic to a value of £250,000 • Residential service charge disputes - acting for either freeholder or leaseholder • Housing disrepair - Section 11 complaints - acting for either landlord or tenant • Building element condition and compliance for personal injury cases (and similar)

Aviation, including: • Aviation accidents and incidents • Insurance matters • Aircraft leasing and aircraft repossession • Flight training • Aircraft operations • Airlines • Private and business aviation operations

• Experienced expert • Opinion and evidence given at mediations and planning enquiries, arbitrations and in High Court, in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, South Africa and Europe • Established specialist engineering geologist in the fields of rock engineering and geotechnical engineering • Experienced lead designer on long tunnel projects, cavern schemes and high rock slopes • Forensic investigation and root cause analysis of failures and construction difficulties involving geology and groundwater • Examples include hydropower, water transfer, rai...

Construction disputes • Geotechnical-related matters, i.e. insurance claims for subsidence & ground engineering design • Surveyors' negligence • Boundary disputes • Civil & structural engineering-related matters

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 have worked in private practice for in excess of 50 years handling non-contentious private client work, including conveyancing, wills, trusts, estate administration, legal and solicitors accounting, and probate work and more latterly in leasehold reform and residential landlord and tenant law, including acting for both freeholders and leaseholders alike. I have wide experience dealing with right to manage claims, right to enfranchise (collective) claims and claims under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967. I have a thorough grasp of the practicalities of the legal system, jurisdictions and co...

Construction safety • Occupational health & safety • Personal injury • Slips & trips • Manual handling • Accident investigations • Flooding damage • Geotechnical engineering • Foundations & earthworks • Embankments & cuttings • Soil & rock slope instability • Subsidence, settlement & heave • Treatment of mineworkings • Landfill engineering • Stabilisation works • Retaining walls • Ground improvement • Contamination • Drainage

Experience appearing before planning inquiries and hearings, with a good track record of successful outcomes. Able to supply and prepare Proofs of Evidence, Statements of Common Ground and Rebuttal Proofs of Evidence. Advice encompasses: i. National Planning Policy Framework, guidance and development planning policies ii. Planning appeals/Local Plan examinations iii. Listed buildings and conservation areas iv. Development management/control v. Compulsory purchase/Lands Tribunal vi. Judicial review of planning decisions

Extensive experience in hard landscaping, especially domestic sites • Specialising in paving, walling and construction, including decking and artificial grass • Also Japanese Knotweed and water issues, including site flooding and drainage

Environmental noise impact assessment • Measurement of noise & vibration • Sound insulation • Road traffic noise • Railway noise • Noise, nuisance • Industrial noise • Noise, planning • Building acoustics • Recreation noise

Geotechnical engineering • Geotechnical analysis • Geotechnical design • Desk study • Ground investigation • Geotechnical asset management • Foundations • Shallow foundations • Deep foundations • Bored piles • Driven piles • Retaining structures • Reinforced earth walls • Gravity retaining walls • Gabion walls • Concrete walls • Modular block walls • Embedded retaining walls • Contiguous piles • Secant piles • Sheet piles • Hybrid retaining walls • Earthworks R...

Extortion and blackmail containment strategies • Comprehensive complex fraud investigation • Discreet AI-enhanced profiling • Strategic crisis and reputation protection • Family dynamics and matrimonial solutions • Expert missing persons and debtor location service • Strategic private security operations • IT crime and digital forensic expertise • Strategic security consulting • Comprehensive forensic consulting A discreetly comprehensive consulting practice, established 1977

Architect's appointment: practice, fees, competence and professional negligence • Building contracts and subcontracts: obligations, delay, disruption, extensions of time, architects' instructions, certificates, practical completion, partial possession, liability • Building construction and design failures • Cladding • Building regulations • Fire safety • Intellectual property: architectural copyright • Disciplinary and regulatory proceedings • Town and Country Planning Act appeals • Public inquiries • Adjudication • ADR •

Land drainage • Flood risk • Soil surveys • Soil husbandry • Land restoration • Water holdings structures/constructed wetlands • Natural flood management • Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture (DWPA) • Particular experience of soils and drainage along cross-country construction projects, such as pipeline installations • Providing consultancy and expert witness for soils and drainage disputes related to land development, land severance and breaches in land drainage law in England and Wales

Lifts, escalators & machinery • Criminal, civil & coroners courts • Personal injury • Design & regulatory compliance • LOLER & PUWER, & CDM regulations • Accident & failure investigation • Construction & maintenance contracts • NHS HTM08-02 AE lifts • Quantum assessment • Landlord & tenant & dilapidations • PFI contract disputes including handback assessment, condition reporting & quantum • Arbitration • Adjudication • Mediation • Expert determination & negotiation &#...

Expert in the design, construction & forensic analysis of defects & failures in the fields of diaphragm walling & piling • Over 30 years' experience worldwide, including major infrastructure, basement & foundation projects in Europe, the Middle East & Asia • Ex Vice President of a world-leading geotechnical contractor & past Chairman of the UK Federation of Piling Specialists

Architects' professional negligence • Architects' appointments & fees • Building contract disputes • Building defects & failures • Cladding & performance in fire • Contract claims, including adjudication response • Land & property disputes, including matters referred to Lands Tribunal • Liability within the design team • Historical analysis of buildings • Preparation of visualisations • Preparation of expert reports • Attendance at court • Participation in all forms of ADR • Representations in respect...

Rural, agricultural and environmental property: • Agricultural landlord and tenant disputes, Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 and Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 • Rent reviews, notice to quit and remedy of breaches of terms of tenancies • Valuations of farm and rural property • Freehold and tenancy valuations • Rental and capital valuations • Compulsory purchases and compensation • Divorce • Family disputes • Trust, partnership and company valuations • Inheritance and capital gains tax valuations • Valuation for insolve...

Design of earth-retaining structures • Basement design • Site investigation • Slope stability • Geotechnical monitoring • Numerical analysis of geotechnical structures • Ground improvement • Foundation & pile design • Reinforced earth

Independent Expert Witness with 23 years’ experience in domestic hard and soft landscaping and garden construction, regularly instructed by solicitors and parties in dispute resolution and litigation. Reports are prepared in accordance with CPR Part 35, RICS and the Expert’s overriding duty to the Court. Expertise includes: • Landscape construction and best practice • Timber and composite decking design and installation • Paving, walling and substructure build-ups • General external works for domestic/commercial gardens Services include: •...

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...

I am an architect with 30 years’ experience, running a busy small practice. I have spent the last 20 years working on residential projects, including refurbishments, extensions and loft conversions for private individuals, and flats for institutions and developers. I have an engineering background and an interest in technical matters. Early projects included a fire testing facility, an emergency ambulance control room, repair and cleaning of historic building stonework, and warehouse bomb damage repairs. I led the technical design of a swimming pool built below a historic hou...

Expert witness reports on garden and landscape projects relating to standards, quality of construction, workmanship and contractual issues relating to Terms and Conditions and CDM Regulations • Accredited Evaluative Mediator for Civil and Commercial Disputes • Specialising in dispute issues in the garden and landscape industry, including Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 reports, statements of opinion, preliminary reports and distance reports • RICS Accredited Expert Witness • Bond Solon certified Excellence in Report Writing • SAVA trained for in...

All aspects of geotechnical engineering, ground investigation, earthworks, foundations, piling, geotextiles, unforeseen ground claims • Author of SHW series 500 Drainage and Earthwork 600 series plus associated DMRB Vol 4 CUBS Expert Witness - Cardiff University Business School 2023

Subsidence, heave, settlement and ground movement • Damage from back extensions and loft conversions • New house and extension foundation design • Foundation and pile design (bored piles, CFA piles, mini piles, secant and contiguous piled walls) • Retaining walls and failed retaining structures • Basements and basement impact assessment near neighbouring properties • Boundary and level difference disputes (banks, embankments, cuttings) • Ground investigation and site investigation adequacy • Geotechnical analysis and design • Slope stabilit...

Professional - Neighbourly I am appointed as party wall surveyor for building owners and adjoining owners. I frequently provide advice to parties wishing to undertake work 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 of the boundary, matters concerning access over another person’s land and proper...

Engineering geology • Rock engineering • Rock falls • Geotechnical engineering • Geology • Foundation engineering • Site investigation • Earthworks & slopes - roads • Earthworks & slopes - rail • Earth-retaining structures • Slope drainage • Slope stabilisation • Landslides • Mines & quarries • Quarries Regulations 1999 • Tips • Tailings, dams & lagoons • Risk assessment • Geohazards • Ground anchors • Geomorphology • Debris flows

Containment systems engineering for landfills, tailings lagoons & heap leach pads • Geosynthetics engineering & use • Geosynthetics testing • Steepwall lining systems for deep quarry landfills • Composite lining systems, including clay, bentonite-enriched soil (BES), geomembranes, geotextiles • Leachate & landfill gas • Earthworks • Safety & risk in geotechnical engineering • Construction quality assurance (CQA) • Waste management & disposal • Ground investigation

Assessment and remediation of escape of oil incidents • Contaminated land and groundwater investigations • Environmental risk and impact assessment • Forensic analysis of pollution events • Modelling of contaminant fate and transport • Expert witness reporting and testimony • Technical advice to insurers, legal firms, contractors and regulators

Neil has diverse geoscience experience for all sectors (petroleum, coal and mineral mining, hydrogen/helium, civil), with a strong focus on geophysics surveys, in particular seismic surveys. His career spans 30 years and includes over 100 projects on every continent, in a variety of roles including 10+ years as Geophysical Operations Manager for Australia's largest integrated energy company. Neil's expertise is broad, covering safety, environmental, technical, media, contract terms, project management and legal compliance aspects of geophysical surveys. He has experience with...

Building pathology • Construction defects and costs • Boundary disputes • Professional negligence Other experts in the company: Mr Richard Brasnett Chartered Building Surveyor & Mr Aidan Stephenson Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Valuation of residential properties for taxation purposes (e.g. IHT, CGT) • Valuations for probate, trusts and Court of Protection matters • Valuation of residential property • Consideration of structural defects • Professional negligence of property professionals & solicitors • Boundary disputes • Effect of above matters on property values • Surveying, professional negligence • Structural surveying, professional negligence • Leasehold extension & freehold enfranchisement cases

Mathematical/hydraulic modelling of rivers or estuaries • Hydrology, water quality, hydromorphology/geomorphology • Dam break modelling • Professional indemnity insurance claims • Professional negligence claims • Small- and large-scale drainage • Flood risk management and modelling • Impact of infrastructure failure • Planning issues associated with flood risk • Environment Agency flood zone mapping • Impact of flood defence construction • Flood risk mitigation measures • Damage caused by flooding

Rating appeals embracing Tribunal attendances (including Upper Chamber) • Valuation disputes • Building defect disputes • Deed plans for buildings • Homebuyers reports • Industrial buildings - valuation surveying • Land valuation • Probate valuations • Property valuations - marital disputes • Compulsory purchase

Over 25 years in environmental and waste management consultancy and provision of expert witness services since 2012 • Expert in anaerobic digestion of waste and non-waste feedstocks, mechanical biological treatment (anaerobic digestion and in-vessel composting) of residual waste, and co-mingled dry mixed recyclable, residual waste, and construction and demolition waste material recovery facilities • Broad appreciation of legislation, policy and practices across the waste industry • Experienced in procurement, independent certification of construction and acceptance testing an...

Domestic building disputes • Building surveying • Valuation disputes, including professional negligence matters • Surveying & valuing • Boundary disputes • Party wall matters

During the 39 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 ...

Residential and commercial valuations • Dilapidations • Building surveys • Leasehold extensions and enfranchisement • Japanese Knotweed diminution of value

Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer specialising in all types of residential property across most of East Anglia. Providing expert witness advice on valuation and residential survey work.

Soil mechanics • Foundation engineering • Mineral stability • Contaminated land • Slope instabilities • Conditions of contract • Development constraints

Anaerobic digestion • Odour & emissions from compost & related facilities • Environmental & societal pollution • Agricultural pollution • Waste management & recycling • Facility design & operation • Production of compost & composted waste • Use, quality & fertiliser value of compost & digestate for horticulture & agriculture • Mushroom & hydroponic production systems • Cannabis cultivation • Microbial content, contamination & pollution of compost SKYPE: targetrenewables.raks

Over 40 years of professional experience investigating water systems and water-related aspects of public and environmental health in the built environment • Specification and management of water supplies, drainage and wastewater treatment • Water quality, microbiology and control of waterborne diseases • Occupational hygiene, building pathology, structural dampness, water protection, moulds and fungi I have provided expert services for over 300 civil and criminal cases for clients including the NHS, Drinking Water Inspectorate, Environment Agency, DEFRA, National Hous...