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

Assessing accommodation needs at home & in the workplace for severely injured or physically/mentally disabled people • Formulating reports on suitability of properties to accommodate disabled persons in terms of mobility requirements, access & special needs • Designing suitable accommodation for disabled users based on expertise developed over 40+ years specialising in designing for the disabled • Assessing & commenting on third party reports by other expert witnesses • Advises plaintiffs & defendants in personal injury cases • Undertakes role...

Compliance of machinery to legal requirements (e.g. Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations) and associated designated standards and the Machinery Directive (EU) • Functional safety of machinery • Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), e.g. guarding of machinery • Safety of electrical and control systems for machinery

Over 48 years' experience as an underwriter, claims handler, subrogation specialist, agent and London market insurance auditor. 1. Commercial (non-motor) insurance 2. Property insurance 3. Marine cargo and hull insurance 4. Protection and indemnity insurance 5. Marine liability and trade 6. Public and products liability insurance 7. Employment liability insurance 8. Professional indemnity insurance 9. Energy insurance 10. Specialty reinsurance 11. Construction insurance 12. London market practices 13. Industrial disease claims 14. Asbesto...

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.

Dmytro Tupchiienko is a forensic accountant (CPFA) and auditor (CQI/IRCA) focusing on risk and compliance issues and regulatory work. He has over 25 years’ experience having worked as a locum tenens for legal and professional services firms, including 'Magic Circle' and 'Big 4'. He is a Certified Expert Witness for civil cases and criminal cases in England and Wales' courts (holder of Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate) and in the courts of Scotland (holder of the University of Aberdeen Bond Solon Expert Witness Scheme). He holds memberships in both The Exper...

Building regulations • Fire safety risk assessment • Fire regulations • Timberframe fire safety

Lifts, escalators, platforms & lifting machinery • Criminal, civil, commercial, personal injury, design & regulatory compliance • Assessment • Accident & failure investigation • Construction & maintenance contracts • Landlord & tenant disputes • Advice on LOLER, PUWER, Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations & CDM • Competent person under LOLER • Authorised engineer (lifts) for numerous NHS Trusts • Member of BCO Technical Committee (Vertical Transportation) & Principal Designer under CDM • 37 years w...

Stocks & shares • The London Stock Exchange, including insider dealing, market abuse, mergers & acquisitions, share prices, corporate finance & valuations • Binary options, contracts for difference, spread betting, forex frauds & scams • Financial analysis, including financial statement analysis, insolvency & company valuations • Financial reporting, fraud & professional negligence issues • Money laundering issues & investigations • Forensic accounting, fraud investigations & Proceeds of Crime Act calculations • Foreign ...

General safety & electrical engineering issues • Equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres • Application of health & safety legislation & assessment of risk • Suitability of equipment & design specification • Track-mounted cableway installations • Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) • Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) • CE Machinery Directive Additional office at: • 188 Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch , Leicestershire, LE65 2TF.

Acting as a Single or Joint Expert Witness, preparation of Civil Procedure Rules compliant Expert Reports, and participation in mediations, in respect of: Investigating fires in industrial, commercial and residential properties, electrical installations including solar and energy storage systems, and fires in commercial kitchens and white goods Electrical failures including electric shock Advising on product recall and re-work campaigns Application and interpretation of the UK Wiring Regulations and National Rules for Electrical Installations (Ireland), and asso...

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.

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...

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

Defence reports and joint expert reports for the court in HSE and local authority prosecutions for asbestos contamination incidents • Historical exposure to asbestos in the workplace and the long-term health effects • Health effects from working with different asbestos products and providing reports for the court • Investigations into poor quality asbestos surveys for a refurbishment/demolition project which detailed missed ACMs and the high potential for exposures

• 20 years of waste and recyclables sector experience • Expert in waste and environmental-related services contracts, including waste and recyclables collection, household recycling centres, street cleansing, public realm and grounds maintenance contracts • Chartered Waste Manager

Chartered Engineer with 20 years' experience as a Fire Consultant with specific expertise in fire safety defects (internal and external) • Instructed by both claimant and defendant and has experience being cross-examined Expertise includes, but not limited to: 1. The role of the fire engineer and development of fire strategy design • Iterative development of fire strategy throughout RIBA stages • Approvals processes (including fire services) • Engagement with other stakeholders and contractors 2. Building regulations and design guidan...

Expert opinion in electrical engineering • Electrical installation disputes • BS7671 IET Wiring Regulations • Electricity at Work Regulations • Verification of electrical installation designs & specifications • Part P of the Building Regulations • Advice to contractors & consultants based on technical, legal & safety requirements • Forensic analysis of electrical fires

• Chartered Architect • Full time Expert Witness • RIBA Register of Experts • Academy of Experts • Society of Construction Law • Experienced in architectural and contractual disputes • CPR 35 reports; has been cross-examined • Registered Mediator Expert architect in buildings and construction and professional negligence • Expertise on fire regulations, fire stopping & fire compliance • Recognised as an expert in the external envelope brick timber and cladding • Architect's negligence • H...

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)

Architecture • Planning • Building regulations • Cladding • Facades • Fire protection • Fire • Professional negligence • Defects • Remedial works • Water ingress • Damp • Roofing • Condensation • Basements • Curtain wall • Glass • Joinery • Partitions • Flooring • Corrosion • Acoustics • Contract administration • Design • Co-ordination • Appointment • Listed buildings • Waterproofing

Fire, arson & explosion forensic investigation • Cold case • Fire: domestic, commercial, agricultural, consumer product, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, camping, boats, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, equipment • Personal injury by fire • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder • Fire safety: fire risk assessment • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 • Structural timber buildings: off-site risk assessment • Separating distance guidance • 16 Steps to Fire Safety

Safety policy, process and management systems • The application and interpretation of health and safety legislation and guidance in leisure parks, fairgrounds, adventure activities, soft play, outdoor play or any other leisure pursuit • Engineering management across critical national defence infrastructure in peace and conflict

Very experienced practitioner specialising in health and safety/food safety matters since 1988, including 9 years as an enforcement Environmental Health Officer and Appointed Health & Safety Inspector • Particular areas of expertise include investigation of workplace injuries and fatalities, risk assessment and risk management • Further expertise as a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner with respect to food contamination, HACCP, food processing, pest control, alleged food poisoning and food-borne injury/ill health Author of Food Emergencies - A Practica...

LOLER and PUWER regulations, including lifts, escalators and farm machinery • Machinery engineering • Working at height • Armed forces • Aviation

Financial implications of matrimonial disputes • Share valuations • Collaborative law • Single joint expert • Business acquisitions & disposals • Financial aspects of personal injury claims, including loss of earnings • Financial aspects of professional negligence claims & disputes • Shareholder dispute resolution

Consulting loss adjusting and related services to the insurance and claims market • Specialist in handling commercial and household insurance claim losses, including business interruption • Able to undertake investigations, reporting, quantum assessment, analysis, claims preparation, best practice assessments, insurance policy interpretation, review material and immaterial breaches of conditions and warranties • Distressed cases • Loss adjuster negligence

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

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

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

35 year career in water treatment and legionella contracting and consultancy, plus involvement in the LCA, BSRIA and a number of high-profile Legionella cases. Experienced Managing Director, Technical Consultant, Risk Assessor and Trainer with a demonstrated history of working in the water hygiene services industry. Technically strong in legionella compliance, risk assessment and water treatment. I have progressed from business start up in 1989 to MD of a £21M UK leading water hygiene business in 2018, and now operate as an independent consultant, authorising engineer, risk assess...

16+ years of experience in joinery of all aspects is my field of expertise. With me being from a bench joinery background, I specialise in high-end work, design, manufacture and fitting... from houses on Belgrave Square to whiskey distilleries in Scotland. A great attention to detail with a good understanding for many aspects, including curved staircases, windows, ornate doors, high-end kitchens, dressing rooms, etc.

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

Asbestos • Chemical agents (including carcinogens, asthmagens & others) • Biological agents (including legionella) • Physical agents (including noise, vibration, etc.) • Ergonomics

Business & share valuations • Business interruption • Contract disputes • Security for costs • Section 994 petitions • Diversion of trade • Loss of earnings, benefits & pensions • Loss of dependency • Drug trafficking • Matrimonial disputes • Insurance litigation • Fraudulent insurance claims • Directors' disqualification • Professional negligence • Mediation • Expert determination on appointment by President of ICAEW & directly • Past member of Support Member, Forensic & Ethics Advi...

Additional website: https://jmgblegal.uk Immigration lawyer Iranian family law • Criminal, civil and Sharia Islamic law • Iranian culture, literature, history and religions • Farsi language and Dari language • 20 years of experience in UK immigration law • 15 years of experience interpreting in the seven public services, including social services, children's services, safeguarding, benefits, universal credit, housing, NHS, mental health, education, ASD and ADHD • 35 years of experience in the legal industry of Iran...

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

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...

Occupational safety & health representation • Accident/incident investigation • Risk assessment & analysis • Management systems • Safe work systems • Human factors • Engineering failures • Compliance • Due diligence • Expert witness • COVID 19 risk assessment, audit & compliance checking • Review of systematic failures and consequences investigation Alternative email: [email protected]

Facade design • Facade performance • Performance testing • Facade specification • Building regulations • Material and product selection • Glass • Overhead glazing • Cladding • Rainscreen cladding • Curtain walls • Unitised facades • Stick curtain walling • Windows (non-domestic) • Fenestration • Weatherproofing • Water ingress • Leakage • Installation • Workmanship • Building envelope interfaces • Defects analysis • Failure investigation • Fire safety specif

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

Industrial and workplace safety management • Accident investigation • Risk assessment • Workplace transport • Explosive manufacturing • Chemical safety • Human factors • Health and safety training

Environmental noise • Planning & noise • Environmental vibration • Planning & vibration • Building vibration • Building acoustics • Sound in buildings • Sound insulation • Environmental impact assessment • Entertainments noise • Entertainments licensing • Industrial noise • Noise nuisance • Vibration nuisance • Construction noise • Construction vibration • Vibration in art galleries • Vibration in museums

Over 10 years' experience as an expert for the court. Has given evidence in court on a number of occasions. • Pension loss - adults and minors • Loss of earnings • Loss of income reports • Accommodation (post RvJ) • Cost of financial advice • Periodical payments/PPO/Form of Award Reports • Settlement assessment reports • Fatal accidents; loss of dependency • Lost years claims • Financial modelling/planning • Cashflow analysis for court approval

International contingent workforce compliance expert specialising in recruitment, staffing, MSP, VMS, worker classification and global workforce governance • Experienced in providing independent expert opinion on industry standards, reasonable and competent operator expectations, and compliance failures across complex, multi-jurisdictional workforce models (90+ countries) • Expertise includes contingent labour compliance frameworks, MSP/VMS operating models, workforce procurement strategy and the interaction between employment, tax and regulatory risk in global labour supply chains...

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

Based in Brighton and London Secondary contact details [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)7712 644697 • I am registered with the GMC as a Specialist in General Medicine with a licence to practise, with an interest in pharmaceutical medicine and sexual health. • I am a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine and the Royal College of Physicians. • You can find me on Linkedin and search me on Google and my publications on Pubmed. • I have professional indemnity insurance. A pharmaceuti...

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

I am competent to accept instructions in relation to all types of road traffic collisions and associated offences. I served on the Lancashire Police Collision Investigation Unit from 2011 to 2018. During that period I attended a large number of road traffic collisions involving fatalities. I produced reports in relation to these collisions and presented the findings to HM Coroner and the criminal courts. I have given evidence at Manchester, Liverpool and Preston crown courts. I am also qualified to examine motor vehicles, and this role was an integral part of being a Collision Investig...

Compliance with UK financial services rules & regulations • Financial planning matters, including pensions, investments, savings, life assurance & the advisory process & standards

Assisting with claims for damages following accidents or ill-health at work • Site inspections & witness statements, assessment of negligence & whether breaches of legislation have occurred • Advice on whether all reasonably practicable steps have been taken by a defendant employer • Interpretation of all occupational health & safety legislation & how this applies in any particular case

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 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 • Ele

Quality, Safety, Health, CDM, Environment, Sustainability, Security and Risk Consultant with a career in public and private organisations covering the construction, civil engineering, facility management, consultancy and insurance service sectors. Highly experienced in the following management standards: ESG, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, NSI Gold, SIA ACS, Construction Line, Safe Contractor, Safe T Cert, etc.

Detailed forensic investigation of accidents, incidents, materials and mechanical failure • Product liability/fitness for purpose • Application of health and safety legislation and associated standards • Hazard identification and assessment of risk • Incorporated Engineer with practical experience in the Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operations Regulations (LOLER) and Pressure Safety Systems Regulations (PSSR) inspection industries • Competent in lifting equipment, work equipment, Machinery Directive and general workplace risk from small business to large-scale in...

Private banking • Investment management • Asset allocation • Wealth management • Loans, mortgages, overdrafts • Regulation • On-shore off-shore issues • Insider dealing • Criminal: confiscation of assets, regulatory rule breaches, money laundering • Banking: property lending (commercial & residential) • Tax • Building & construction • Retail banking • Interest rate swaps • Libor-related claims

Career structure assessment • Earning assessment • Employment practice • Job market analysis • Rehabilitation assessments • The provision of career profiles to be used in cases of personal injury by claimant and defendants • Analysis of earnings by different occupational areas and by geographical region, including the evaluation of career options and level of earnings in Europe, America, South America, Australia and South Africa • Individual careers counselling both for those who have suffered physical and psychological injury and for t...

• Forensic engineering and expert witness services • Delay and quantum analysis • Construction disputes • Complex insurance claims

In June 2024, GBRW merged its expert practice with Martello Expert Services. Martello was founded in 2019 by James Garvey and Richard Moore as part of Blackrock Expert Services (now Kroll). In 2020, they led a management buy-out to ensure the company remained independent. Prior to the merger, GBRW Expert Witness had a 15-year track record of providing expert support in the form of expert reports and/or advice in disputes involving banking, investment management, insurance, commodities, derivatives and related areas. The combined group has carried out over 850 engagement...

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 • ...

Architecture • Building defects and regulations • Building information modelling (BIM) • Design coordination

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

Forensic fire engineer with specific expertise in building defects, supported by an international company. The role of the fire engineer and development of fire strategy design • Iterative development of fire strategy throughout RIBA stages • Approvals processes (including fire services) • Engagement with other stakeholders and contractors Building regulations and design guidance • The Building Regulations, including Building (Scotland) Regulations, and the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland), both current and histori...

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

Acoustics, noise & vibration consultant • Abatement notices • Architectural/building acoustics • Building services (air-conditioning & ventilation) noise • Construction noise & vibration • Entertainment noise • Environmental noise • Expert witness • Industrial noise • Licensing • Noise nuisance • Noise surveys • Occupational hearing loss • Planning appeals & public enquiries • Sound insulation • Transportation noise

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.

Former Chief Fire Officer of Warwickshire and previously Assistant Commissioner, London Fire Brigade. Available to advise on: • Fire Service operations • Command of fires and major incidents • Fire Service training, pre-planning and preparedness • Fire Service legal duties and powers under the Fire and Rescue Service Act 2004 and associated legislation • Fire Service human resource management • Fire Service budget and organisational management • Command, leadership and critical incident management • Fire safety enforcement • Community fire ...

Architecture • Building defects and regulations • Health and safety

Accident investigation • Permit to work & isolation • Machinery safety & guarding • Work at height & falling objects • Workplace transport • Confined space entry • Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM) • Safety management systems • Culture & behavioural safety • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE

Fire precautions in buildings • Fire safety legislation & regulations • Design of fire protection installations • Fire detection & alarm installations • Means of escape from fire • Management of fire safety • Fire risk assessment • Domestic fire safety • Building Regulations, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, Fire (Scotland) Act • Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order

Fire engineering • Fire strategy • Fire risk assessment • External wall analysis (PAS9980) • Human behaviour • Fire investigation • Impact assessments • Fire engineering first principles

Have been ask to provide expert opinion on the following: • Equity release - Whether the advice process was correct and/or suitable and whether all alternative options had been explored. Also to assess whether the lender acted within the regulations. • Mortgages - Suitability of mortgage advice. • Pensions and investments - Suitability of pension advice, and whether a firm retains liability for ongoing advice. Suitability to switch pension products. Suitability of recommended investment solutions.

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...

Expert advice can be given in all aspects of asbestos in the field of occupational hygiene, including historic exposure assessment, rent arbitrations or litigations resulting from irreversible damage to belongings &/or property

David was Head of Property Finance at the UK subsidiary of an overseas bank for almost 13 years. He has extensive experience as an expert witness. He managed a very successful portfolio of property development and investment loans, as well as being responsible for a portfolio of regulated mortgages. David's portfolio also comprised hotel, leisure and care homes, as well as having a close relationship with a number of bridging lenders. He was a member of the credit committee both in the UK and for the bank's Jersey subsidiary, and had in-depth experience of a wide range of commercial banki...

Chartered Architect, Chartered Building Engineer, Chartered Arbitrator, accredited Adjudicator, practising Member of The Academy of Experts I am a Chartered Architect, Chartered Building Engineer and Chartered Arbitrator with over 40 years’ experience across a wide range of building types, scales and professional roles. I hold an MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London and Diplomas in International Commercial Arbitration and International Maritime Arbitration. I practise as an arbitrator and adjudicator and carry out forensic work in rel...

Hugh Gray is a Consultant Engineer with over 30 years' experience. His main area of expertise is lifts, escalators and window cleaning equipment design. Hugh has hands-on lift experience and started with the installation and maintenance of lifts. Since 1993 his main area of work has been lift statutory inspections and lift consultancy. The sectors covered are residential, retail, commercial, transport, health care and social housing. Hugh is based between his London and Manchester offices providing full UK coverage. His experience includes: • Design and management of several...

Specialist in civil & structural engineering • Building structures • Nuclear-related structures • Inspections & appraisals of civil work & structures • Roads & drainage for industrial & housing developments • Experience in planning & building warrant submissions • Power industry, including renewable energy, power stations & substations • Embankment failures • Causes of flooding of land & property • Accidents on construction sites • Tripping accidents • Approved certifier of design...

Carl is a Chartered Insurance Practitioner, Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Cardiff University Accredited Expert Witness, a full Member of the Academy of Experts and a Qualified Dispute Resolver. He holds a First Class Classification Honours Degree in Insurance Management (highest mark in year). Carl's insurance broking experience spans over 50 years and has included senior positions with national and provincial brokers (please refer to his CV). As Technical Director of the MCIS insurance broking group, Carl was resp...

Health & safety • Occupational diseases (asbestos, noise, hand-arm vibration) • Risk assessments • Personal Protective Equipment • Working at height • Safe systems of work • Legionnaires disease • Investigation of industrial accidents, personal injuries and fatalities • Investigations of fire and explosions • Mechanical engineering design • Investigation of defective engineering design and plant mal-performance

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...

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...

Civil engineering • Reinforced concrete structures • Pipelines and drainage works • Scaffolding and work at height • Use of ladders • Piling • Subsidence • Rising damp • Highway design • Minor structures • Slips, trip and falls • Personal protective equipment • Construction site practice • Earthworks and earthmoving equipment • Excavators and cranes • Contractual disputes • Structural surveys • Building defects • Construction regulations • Bridge design • Bridge construction

Chartered Building Surveyor, RICS Adjudicator, RICS and CEDR Accredited Mediator • Qualified Expert with specialisms in the following: • Building defects and pathology - investigation of structural failures, water ingress, damp and mould, workmanship quality, and compliance with regulations; assessment of causation and quantum of remedial works. • Contractual disputes - interpretation of JCT, NEC and PPC2000 contracts; breach and termination matters; assessment of work completed; quality of construction work completed; delay analysis, disruption and variation claims; ...

Expert witness and troubleshooting of the following electrical building services: • Extra low voltage • Safety extra low voltage • Low voltage • Standby generation • Uninterruptible power supplies • Critical and essential electrical systems • Earthing • Lightning protection • Interior lighting • Exterior lighting • Emergency lighting • Fire alarm systems • Due diligence surveys and investigation • Mediation • Scott schedules • Contractual disputes • Testing and commissioning p...

All areas of civil & criminal cases relating to occupational health, safety & welfare, for example: • Workplace accidents • Slips, trips and falls • Machinery injuries • Workplace transport and vehicle movement • Warehouse-related and care home-related workplace accidents • Health and social care • Gig economy injuries • Occupational stress and mental health • Ergonomics and work-related upper limb disorders

Contract for Differences (CFD) • Foreign exchange (FX) • Spread betting • Retail investment products • Financial derivatives • Fraud and financial crime, including wire fraud and sophisticated scams • Boiler room operations, multilevel marketing, pyramid selling and Ponzi schemes • Anti-money laundering (AML) arrangements and cross-border fraud • Suspicious bank transfers involving onshore, offshore and shell companies • Hawala money transfer systems • Hedging techniques and risk management strategies • Poor execution and manipu...

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...

Acoustics consultancy • Acoustics and vibration • Noise and vibration injuries • Boundary element method (BEM) • Waveguide finite element method (FEM)

Mechanical engineering • Electrical engineering • Agricultural engineering • Electromechanical engineering • Process and machinery • Electrical fires • Plumbing • Electrical systems

All areas of fireworks, including retail fireworks and professional firework displays • Product safety, compliance with safety standards, product performance and testing, CE mark and UKCA mark • Health and safety at firework displays, risk assessment for firework displays, choice of product and meteorological modelling, computer firing systems, competence • Firework product development (retail and professional fireworks), China manufacturing processes and systems, fireworks classification, explosives storage, explosives transport, dangerous goods transport legislation •...

Musculoskeletal (MSK) assessment and rehabilitation (virtual and in-person) • Vocational rehabilitation • Occupational health (fitness for and return to work, reasonable adjustments and support at work) • Alleged accidents at work • Physiotherapy/MSK negligence • Physical risk assessments • Workplace ergonomics • Injury prevention • Personal injury claims • Standards of MSK/physiotherapy care • Occupational health reports • Compliance with evidence-based treatment guidelines • Documentation and record-keeping standards

Over 24 years' professional experience in the waste sector as a consultant, designer and operations leader. • Expert in waste treatment technologies, thermal waste processing and facility operations. • Expert in energy from waste processes, including independent certification, commissioning, supervision and owner's engineer. • Former experience in the process of treating hazardous waste chemicals. • Able to convey technically complex engineering topics in layman's terms.

Mechanical engineering • Pressure vessels • Pressure systems • Safety of amusement rides • Safety of fairground rides • COMAH regulations • Gas explosions • Machinery guarding • Forensic engineering • Scaffolding • Construction • Chemical industry • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE

Quantum • Construction, civil engineering, railway, highway, infrastructure, building & refurbishment • Loss of profit in construction contracts • Breach of construction contracts • Extension of time analysis • Loss and expense claims • Flood damage • Fire/smoke damage • Storm damage • Professional fees Construction/quantity surveying costs Control • Planning • Forecasting • Estimating • Interim valuations • Delay cost calcula...

Electrical engineering • Building services • Fire engineering • Commercial property • Lifts • Maintenance • Design • Swimming pools • Industrial buildings • Access control • Sports centres • Health clubs • Power supply • Generators

Accidents at work and on construction sites, including slipping and tripping cases • Disability accommodation reports • Building defects, including investigation of claddings • Construction disputes • Architect negligence cases, including fire design issues • Cost of injury, disability, death • Arbitrator

Dr Culley has ~20 years' experience in financial markets. He has held senior roles in investment firms that are active in brokerage and trading activities, including three Category 1 Members of the London Metal Exchange, members of ICE Futures, Eurex, Euronext, the London Stock Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and a hedge fund. The roles undertaken include Chief Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer and non-executive director. Dr Culley founded C&G Regulatory Solutions in September 2021 and now works as a CILEX lawyer and consultant serving a broad ra...

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

Mechanical engineering • Asset management • Pressure vessels • Pressure systems • Lifting equipment and lifting operations • Safety of amusement rides • Safety of fairground rides • Machinery guarding • Movable bridges • Steel industry • Water pumping stations • Bulk handling equipment • Marine engineering • Mechanical lifting equipment • Lock gates • Power hydraulics • Industrial engineering

Expertise Criminal and civil investigator for accidents and incidents • Health and Safety at Work, etc., 1974 and Regulations • Personal injury • Risk assessment • CDM • Quarries • Agriculture • Asbestos • Falls Sectors Construction • Highways • Police and Fire Service • Agriculture • Tree surgery Regulatory Former HSE Principal Inspector (undertaking and approving fatal investigations and prosecutions) • Former Asbestos Licensing Pri

Forensic accounting: • Loss of profits & business interruption • Financial loss, trade effects, product liability, loss of earnings • Business valuations • Professional negligence, accountants, insurance brokers • Fraud, including VAT • Fidelity loss calculation, significance of accounting transactions • Probate accounting & valuations • Insurance: • Claims assessment, loss adjustment, particularly for areas as a forensic accountant • Insurance policy interpretation, particularly commercial property & bus...

Over 30 years’ environment sector experience as regulator and consultant • Expert in waste treatment infrastructure commercial disputes and claims since 2010 • Expert in permit breaches, civil disputes and criminal cases (e.g. Environmental Protection Act, Waste Shipments, Duty of Care) • Cross-examined in Crown Court and International Tribunal • Former Environment Agency investigation and enforcement officer • PACE trained • Conveys complex technical and regulatory information into plain English

I have approaching 30 years of experience as a Railway System Safety Engineer and Rail Health and Safety Leader. Particular areas of experience are railway software safety assurance, rail cyber security, safety decision making and safety cost-benefit analysis. In 2016 I gave evidence to the Transport Select Committee on the safety of driver-controlled operation of UK train services.

Full-time expert witness experienced in technical report writing for building, development and construction project disputes and insurance claims • For claimant, defendant, contractor, employer, insurer • 40 years of professional industry experience, including 20 years at partner or director level in international property firms • Worked in the UK, Europe, US, Hong Kong, Australia and Dubai Building surveying • Building defects pathology diagnosis and causation • Inspections and survey reports • Professional negligence • Competence of...

Multi-jurisdictional re/insurance disputes experience • Arbitration experience in US, Bermuda, UK and GCC • Key expert witness on multiple UK and Irish High Court disputes concerning the implications of Covid-19 claims on the re/insurance market • Nearly four decades of re/insurance underwriting and leadership experience spanning seven firms • Former Lloyd’s of London active underwriter • Senior advisor to multiple private equity firms on re/insurance M&A

Sunday Times ‘Top Advisor’ 2021 Loss of earnings • Pension loss • Financial professional negligence • Financial advice • Cashflow analysis • Lost years • Loss of dependency • Periodical payment orders • Financial structure of award • Quantum I am the founder of Paladin Experts, a Fellow and Chartered Financial Planner who takes care to provide an accurate and honest approach. With over 30 years' financial expertise and having acted as expert witness on hundreds of occasions, I am well positioned to support claimants and...

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

We accept instructions from prosecutors, appellants, defendants and claimants in criminal and civil work on most health and safety topics. Our expertise extends to manufacturing and service industries, construction, commercial, offices, education, entertainment, local government, health services, retail, fairgrounds, public works, airports, Crown services and utilities. Topics include: • Work at height • Systems of work • Safety documentation • Risk assessment • Guarding of machinery • Works transport • Lifting operations • Aviation • Domes...

Christopher leads S&W’s Forensic Services practice. He brings over 25 years of experience of forensic accounting, including acting as an expert witness. His work covers disputes, fraud, bribery and corruption investigations, asset-tracing and recovery investigations, regulatory inquiries and compliance and risk advisory assignments. He has been cross-examined on multiple occasions in the High Court and International Arbitration Tribunal.

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...

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 •

Over 30 years’ environment sector experience as a waste consultant • Expert in public procurement for all types of waste service, including contract drafting, tender documentation, negotiations and bid evaluation • Expert in development of strategies, business cases and tonnage projections • Cross-examined in Waste Local Plan public inquiry, and questioned at DCO Examination in Public • Former secondments to Environment Agency and a waste disposal authority • Conveys complex technical information into plain English

Consultant Forensic Engineer & expert witness undertaking the investigation of engineering incidents & personal injury accidents for commercial, legal & insurance clients • Provision of independent & impartial expert witness evidence • Mechanical, metallurgical & non-metallic materials (i.e. polymer, composite, rubber, glass & ceramic materials) based investigations • Forensic investigations both on-site & laboratory based • Component failure analysis, including expertise in fractography & electron microscopy (SEM) • Investigat...

Sports • Recreation • Martial arts • Fitness and wellness • Kinesiology • Personal safety • Self defence • Sport management • Sports psychology • Gym management • High performance • Law enforcement combatives • Athlete training

Matrimonial disputes • Business valuations and acting as shadow expert • Business interruption claims in insurance • Personal injury quantum • Professional negligence claims • Forensic accounting and litigation support • Proceeds of crime • Fraud • Criminal defence • Expert determination

Consultancy specification & design of curtain walls, cladding, solar shading, overhead glazing, atrium glazing & bolted glass • Weatherproofing of the building facade, cladding & overhead glazing • Facade & roof specification & design • Structural design of facades, cladding & components in glass, aluminium & stainless steel • Durability of facade, roof & cladding materials

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) • CE marking • UKCA marking • Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC • Machinery design risk assessment EN ISO 12100 • Robot safety (EN 10218-1 and -2) • Functional safety (EN ISO 61508, EN ISO 62061, EN ISO 13849-1 & -2) • Automotive manufacturing safety • Safety of industrial trucks (AGVs/AMRs - EN 3691) • Machinery interlocks and lockout procedures (EN ISO 14119) • Prevention of unexpected start-up (EN ISO 14118)

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

Investment banking • Corporate finance • Mergers & acquisitions • Public takeovers • Equity fund raising • Prospectus standards • Corporate governance • FSA/FCA regulation

Ben is a recognised authority in structural waterproofing. He sits on the British Standard Committee reviewing BS 8102 and is a main author of the ongoing CIRIA guidance on the delivery of blue roofs. Ben is also a board director at the Property Care Association. Ben is the Technical Director of CLW Consulting. He is thoroughly involved in major basement waterproofing design development for clients such as the City of London Corporation and Lidl. Ben is regularly appointed by NHBC to complete defect diagnosis work and advise on claims. Expert witness appointments make up perhaps a...

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...

Criminal and civil investigator and expert witness for accidents, asbestos, construction, universities and much more. • 10 years as HSE Inspector (undertaking prosecutions) • 13 years at Newcastle University - Head of Safety • Freelance since 2012 Multiple award winner since 2015 • Lawyer Monthly Expert Witness awards since 2017 • International Legal awards annually since 2018 and many more, see http://safety4hed.co.uk/awards/ Reports normally available in 3 weeks.

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 ...

Chartered Management Accountant with over 25 years’ experience and a CIMA Certified Specialist Forensic Accountant. • Experienced across a wide range of sectors, with strong endorsements and repeat instructions from solicitors. • Independently vetted for reliability. • Has prepared over 200 expert reports. Business interruption • Loss of profits • Loss of income • Loss of earnings • Pension and investment losses • Business and share valuations • Increased cost of borrowing • Tax losses

Consultant & Expert Witness (criminal & civil) since 1978 • Investigation of accidental food contamination claims (UK & abroad), & allegations of food safety offences (UK & Ireland) For criminal cases, see especially R -v- Kashioulis , Wood Green CC, T1999-0567, successfully defended by Margetts & Ritchie & Gough Square Chambers, & West Berkshire Council -v- Little Jogs Nursery , successfully defended by Gough Square Chambers. For civil cases, see especially Buckley -v- Oakford Oysters , Bournemouth County Court, Cla...

Rotating equipment • Packaged equipment • Machinery damage assessments • Mechanical and piping systems • MEP, oil, gas, power, petrochemical and energy transition • Pipelines • Wind turbine generators • Gearboxes • Pumps • Compressors • Diesel generators • Gas turbines • Air coolers • Heat exchangers • Heaters • HVAC • Pressure vessels • Valves • Lifting equipment • Asset integrity • LNG • LPG • Offshore • Cost estimates • Accident investigation •

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

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

Accident, fire & explosion investigation in electrical installations • Electrical apparatus & plant failure • Electricity generation, transmission, distribution & supply, overhead lines & underground cables • Electrical installations disputes • High reliability systems • Renewable energy, feasibility, design, advice • Electrical power systems, design, installation, commissioning, operation & maintenance Experience Electricity Supply • Generation, transmission, distribution • Operations, ma...

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

National Financial Expert Witness 20 years' qualified experience providing financial advice to retail, personal injury, clinical negligence and corporate clients • Tier 1 Registered Expert Witness with APIL • National expert witness status • I have prepared in excess of 400 claimant reports and joint statements for the court on the value of the loss of retirement benefits within personal injury and clinical negligence claims • Highly experienced in evaluating the suitability of the use of periodical payments in the structuring of awards • ...

Expertise in all aspects of fairground rides and amusement park rides, machinery and structures • Expertise in fairground ride and amusement park ride operations, inspection and maintenance systems and processes • Expertise in the practical application of HSG 175, BS 13814, BS ISO 17842, ADIPS and LEAPS schemes • Accident investigation • Safe work at height and falling objects • Safety management systems

We have a team of 12 experts who prepare care and occupational therapy–quantum reports for: • Children and adults • Physical disabilities • Acquired brain injury • Spinal cord injuries • Cerebral palsy • Traumatic injuries • Autism and challenging behaviour

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

Leading world authority in martial arts and police arrest: dealing with cases involving violence, murder and use of force, hand weapons, assaults, self defence issues. Cases involve both civil and criminal litigation in these types of area. Mr Finn is a well known author and writer. He published the first Home Office-approved book on Police Arrest. He is trained in giving evidence in court, report writing and responsibilities of a single joint expert. He has over 50 years' experience in his field. He is an ex-police officer with considerable court experience. In laype...

Workplace ergonomics and human factors in manufacturing and production lines • Office and homeworking workstation assessment • Musculoskeletal disorder causation and prevention • Manual handling risk assessment • Repetitive strain injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome and upper limb disorders • Display screen equipment (DSE) assessment and compliance • Workstation design and layout • Health and Safety at Work Regulations and ergonomics standards compliance • Industrial injury causation analysis

Technical specifications • Construction/architecture-related matters • Building information modelling (BIM) • Contract administration/risk and liabilities/interpretation of contract terms and obligations • Defects in construction materials or workmanship • Compliance with building codes and regulations • Breach of contract and professional negligence • Standard of care in construction • Design deficiencies • Project delays

Electrical power systems • Switchgear • Transformers • Variable speed drives (VSDs) • Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) • Power electronics • Circuit breakers • Switches • Transient voltages • Generators • Busbars • Electrical faults • Electro-mechanical devices • Relays • Solonoids • Electrical motors • Electrical heaters • Control systems • Boiler controls • SF6 breakers • Batteries • Vacuum circuit breakers

David is part of the architects' practice Purcell, who have offices around the UK, thus providing a local presence. His direct email is given above. • Practised since 1973 • Special expertise with historic buildings • How architects work and the standards expected of them • How buildings are procured, designed and constructed • How contractors work and the standards expected of them • Investigating defects, identifying causes and responsibility • Building contracts, standard forms, use and interpretation

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.

Structural engineering • Buildings • Retaining structures • Foundations • Basements • Car parks • Structural analysis • Structural design • Structural strengthening • Remedial works • Structural failure • Collapse • Robustness • Durability • Cracking in concrete • Corrosion • Concrete deterioration • Ground movement • Temporary works • Workmanship • Water ingress • Dynamics • Vibrations • Wind loading • Wind damage • Steel • Reinforced conc

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...

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...

My field of expertise is in commercial and domestic buildings, having undertaken extensive instructions from individual clients, generally concerning defect analysis and forensic analysis of building defects within private practice (small Chartered Surveying practices and national organisations). In addition to this, I have considerable experience within the subsidence field, acting for both insurers and insured parties.

Interaction of Bath is a registered ergonomics consultancy, competent to accept instruction in all areas of ergonomics and human factors. We have many years' experience of reporting for the courts on: • musculoskeletal injury from manual handling • computer modelling of falls, brawls and knife attacks • risk assessment of industrial tasks • repetitive strain injury • visual conspicuity of road users. Our reports are always concise, clear and correct.

Fire scene examination to establish the origin (where) and cause (how) of a fire, plus interpretation of fire development and spread • Experience of domestic, commercial and industrial incidents, including fatalities • Post-incident assessment of fire safety provision • Experience of preparing reports and presenting evidence in court for prosecution and defence Gained the Cardiff University/Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate

Fire & explosion investigation in domestic & commercial properties • Lightweight & commercial vehicles & machinery, including agricultural & construction plant • Identifying fires caused by deliberate acts, manufacturing defects, poor maintenance & repairs, construction work & electrical faults in distribution equipment, appliances & fixtures • Investigated several large complex fires involving large storage & distribution warehouses, retail units, factories & construction sites • Kitchen ducting extraction fires • Case revi...

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...

Electrical installation (domestic, commercial and industrial) • Electrical installation inspection reports (EICRs) • Hazardous areas • Electrical engineering • Electrical safety • Petrochemical • Oil and gas • Petrol filling stations • Water treatment plant • Appliance electrical safety • Explosive dust locations • BS 7671 • EV charging • Solar PV • Battery storage • DSEAR risk assessment • Area classification • ATEX • IECEx • NEC 500/505 • Instrumentation • I...

A senior manager of structures & design within an engineering consultancy (established over 40 years) • Over 30 years' experience, with specialist knowledge of the following: • The roll-over of heavy goods vehicles • Structural analysis • Computational structural analysis • Design • Structural design

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...

1. Power plants (fossil fuelled, combined-cycled, solar, other RES). Expertise in power systems, protection, switchgear, transformers, generators, automation, communications 2. Data analytics - statistical analysis, based on statistical process control (SPC) and statistical quality control (SQC) 3. Maintenance activities, root cause analysis, root cause failure analysis 4. International arbitration in construction and energy disputes 5. (Re-) Insurance claims support 6. Loss adjusters support Mr Maliakis is based in Dubai but instructions are accepted worldwide.