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

Metallurgy • Welding fabrication • Corrosion • Materials selection • Mechanical testing of materials • Identification of material damage mechanisms

I have over 25 years' experience as the technical director of two engineering firms (one in general engineering and one in laser cutting) and as a visiting Professor of Engineering at two universities (Nottingham and Stuttgart). I hold all four of these posts at the moment and they form the foundation of my expert witness work. My particular areas of expertise are: • General engineering, welding & fabrication • Laser cutting & welding • Water jet cutting • Profiling • Materials engineering • Health & safety Additional website: ht...

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...

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...

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Building fires • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Metallurgy • Plastics/polymers • Power and energy • Geothermal

Mr Gornall 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: • Medical physics • Molecular radiotherapy (MRT) • Nuclear medicine (NM) • Positron emission tomography (PET) scans • Radiation dosimetry • Radiation protection • Radioisotopes • Radionuclide therapy (RNT)

11 years of industrial experience across automotive (road vehicles and Formula 1), aluminium, refractory ceramic and defence steel heat treatment (carburising) industries • Topics are: root cause failure analysis, material selection, mechanical testing, characterisation, corrosion, molten metal corrosion of ceramics, aluminium defect and molten metal cleanliness assessment (PoDFA/Prefil), inclusion analysis, billet homogenisation assessment, manufacturing quality improvement and certification

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Plastics and polymers • Construction injuries • Falls from height • Noise and vibration injuries • Lifting operations • Collision reconstruction

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...

Tribology (dry and lubricated) and associated testing • Lubricants technology • Lubricant assessment - knowledge of a range of lubricants, their use, formulation and application • Failure analysis - materials aspects of the failure of equipment, root cause failure investigation and mitigation • Mechanical testing • Metrology

Experienced skin laser practitioner • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine • Emeritus President of the British Medical Laser Association • Negligence involving skin laser treatments • Ultra-violet radiation • Sunlight (biological effects) • Eye protection (UV, lasers, light, heat ray, infra-red, microwaves) • Lasers • Medical lasers • Laser safety • Non-ionising radiation • Sunbeds • Laser pens • Laser pointers • Laser hair removal • Laser treatment of veins • Head of skin laser clinics • F

Investigation of engineering, materials and corrosion-related failures • Mechanical failures in load-bearing components • Glass damage • Metallurgical incidents • Analysis of fire-damaged metals • Fibre identification • Investigation of cargo damage • Cargo liquefaction cases • Incidents involving coating failures (paint) I have provided expert testimony in court in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.