Having nearly 40 years' experience in the construction industry, working extensively with kitchen and bathroom installations, joinery, structural waterproofing and general construction in both domestic and commercial environments. Reporting on issues with floor finishes affected by incorrect screed specification or installation, caused by excessive moisture content, incorrect curing or incorrect use of expansion joints resulting in the failure of the flooring. Experienced in the design and laying of liquid...

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

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.

Established in 1986, Assurity Consulting is an independent consultancy providing solutions for workplace health, safety & environmental performance • Services cover: • Legionella management & control • Risk assessment & training • Building air & water systems • Asbestos management • Health & safety • Fire safety • Computer room auditing (including zinc whiskers) • Environmental management Scope of work includes: • Liaison with enforcement authorities • Senior management briefing & training • Assessing the performance of third...

Asphalt and aggregates • Analytical and mechanistic design of pavements • Footway design, including pavers, slabs and natural stone • Pavement engineering • Pavement failure investigation • Falling weight deflectometer analysis • Non-destructive pavement testing • Highway pavement design using DMRB and MCHW • Trunk road maintenance • Contracts and operations • Comprehensive knowledge in technical specification and report writing • Skid resistance and CS228 specification

Simone is a Chartered Waste Manager with 25 years’ experience in waste and resource management in operations for the Environment Agency and consultancy. She held a Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) for hazardous waste landfill. Simone understands waste legislation and its application by the Regulator, acting as an expert in criminal and civil disputes and giving written and verbal evidence in cases involving a wide range of waste offences and their impact on the environment. She is an expert in the...

Fenestration & Building Envelope Consultant • Glass • Glazing • Frames in wood, steel, aluminium, PVC, etc. • Curtain walling • Conservatories • Overhead glazing • Safety verification • Conservation glass • Stained & coloured glass • Rainscreen cladding • Thermal imaging • Thermography infrared surveys • Building defects • Water ingress • Thermal performance • Accredited & Registered Mediator

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 CSSW LONDON WATERPROOFING. 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...

Water resources • Water quality • Water supply, distribution • Drinking water quality & treatment • Sewage, waste water management • Oil spill environmental impact assessment, pollution, treatment • River pollution • Contaminated land relative to water quality • Legionella risk assessments

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...

A Chartered Building Services Engineer and Designer with over 25 years' experience. Taking instruction as an expert witness since 2005. As the Managing Director of BSE3D Consulting Engineers, Mr Todd has worked on many large and small award-winning and complex buildings both in the UK and internationally. Supporting clients to look for alternative practical and economic solutions to any systems that require remediation. He can be most effective if he is instructed before disproportionate remedial works have...

Materials analysis • Microanalysis using energy & wavelength dispersive X-ray analysis & interpretation of analysis results in engineering failures or materials characterisation • Scanning electron microscopy • Fractography • Hydrogen embrittlement of fasteners • Copper pipe failures • Fastener failures • Fuse failures • Metallic packaging failures (including beverage cans) • Pitting corrosion & preferential corrosion in water supply systems • Particle analysis & wear debris analysis • Electrical equipment failures associated...

Consultant Forensic Mechanical & Materials Engineer & expert witness (practising since 1997, 18 years with Dr J H Burgoyne & Partners LLP (Burgoynes), 9 of which as a partner) • Forensic mechanical engineering-based investigations • Forensic metallurgical based investigations • Forensic polymer/non-metallic materials based investigations • Forensic component failure analysis, including expertise in fractography & electron microscopy • Forensic investigations into the cause of damage to equipment & machinery • Forensic...

All fields of textiles, including: • Fibre • Yarn • Apparel fabric • Furnishing fabric • Floor coverings • General product safety • Material identification • Colour fastness • Colour measurement • Microbiology • Oven gloves • Hot water bottles

The forensic investigation of failed mechanical parts and machinery from general industrial/manufacturing, electrical power generation/transmission, petrochemical, automotive, water and construction industries • Collapse of cranes and large structures • Detailed experience of metal casting, reciprocating engines, gas turbines and other rotating machinery • Investigation of escapes of water/oil in domestic and commercial environments • Investigation of fractured glazing

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

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

Housing conditions and fitness for human habitation • Building and workmanship disputes, including quantum • Building defects and pathology • Building insurance and warranty claims, including fire, flood, structural, subsidence, etc. • Professional competence and negligence of building surveyors and architectural designers • Forensic analysis of building surveys/reports • Building workmanship and standards • Building accessibility • Personal injury

Mechanical & electrical building services, including: • Air conditioning • Ventilation • Heating • Hot & cold water services • Contractual disputes • Duties of parties involved in the design, installation & inspection of mechanical & electrical works

I have provided expert opinion and advice regarding concrete and concrete structures to lawyers, government departments, infrastructure/building owners, designers, contractors, materials producers/suppliers and testing organisations. Durability design, non-compliance, construction defects, premature deterioration (especially corrosion), residual life estimation and repair are recurring themes relating to a wide range of structures including buildings, bridges, tunnels, power stations, waste treatment facilities...

Expert witness and forensic investigation services relating to civil engineering failures and disputes. Areas of expertise include: • Collapse of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete structures and buildings • Construction site, workplace and other health and safety investigations, including the review of responsibilities under CDM, risk assessments and safe systems of work • Wind-induced collapses • Failure of retaining walls • Roof collapses • Structural damage • Review of structural strengthening and remedial...

Dr Kosmidis sees a large number of patients with infection, including aspergillosis, tuberculosis, sepsis, infection in the immunocompromised, post-operative infection and fever of unknown origin in outpatient clinics and inpatient ward rounds. He has been Tuberculosis Clinical Lead and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Lead in Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and regularly provides advice nationwide to clinicians referring patients to the National Aspergillosis Centre.

Building defects • Professional negligence • Construction disputes • Architectural design • Project management • Party walls • Flat roof defects • Roof defects • Window defects • Cavity wall insulation Simon has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry where he has practised as a chartered building surveyor and chartered project management surveyor on a wide range of instructions, including building surveys, defects diagnosis, party walls, dilapidations, project management, contract administration and health...

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 contamination incidents Over 25 years' experience in research, postgraduate...

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

Medical microbiology • Infection • Hospital infection • MRSA • ESBL carbapenemase • Surgical site infection • Post-operative infection • Bacteraemia • Sepsis • E. coli • Healthcare-associated infection • Medical device-associated infection • Community-acquired infection • Antibiotic resistance • Antibiotic prescribing • Infection control Additional email: [email protected]

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

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

General civil & structural engineering • Reinforced concrete design • Foundations design • Settlement & subsidence • Bridges • Drainage • Waterproofing • Roofing

Structural connections • Tensile structures • Lightweight structures • Mobile structures • Limited lifespan structures • Engineering for public art • Construction with aluminium • Building materials • Buildings: collapse, construction, structural failure, subsidence • Traditional buildings • Reinforced concrete buildings • Fibre-reinforced concrete • Glass-reinforced concrete • Piling • Foundations: settlement and structural failure • Retaining walls • Structural glass • Structural masonry • Structural timber • Structural steel buildings • Structural...

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

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: • failure in duty of care in civil, structural and environmental...

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

Nigel is a well-respected and experienced building surveyor. He has particular expertise in the design and management of disabled adaptations. Nigel's early career (1977-1985) was spent as a District Building Officer with NHS Estates. Nigel was responsible for the management of capital programmes, overseeing the refurbishment of the NHS Estate and managing the maintenance teams. Nigel started his own practice in 1985 to provide surveying and project management services. Nigel has built a varied client base,...

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

Technical: • Petroleum products, including treatment design & development • Energy conservation & management • Environment • Oil & gas processing • Pipelines • Metal cutting • Metal forming • Mineral oil extraction • Gas supply & control • Pharmaceutical products • Process plant • Pressure vessels • Food & drink processing machinery • Chemical industry machinery • Welding • Functional: • Consultancy services • Process engineering & contracting • Quality control • Assurance & inspection ISO 9001/2 • Project management • Purchasing & procurement • Contracting •...

Investigation of weather events world-wide • Specialist in marine meteorology • Storm analysis • Assessment of the accuracy of weather forecasts • Climate world-wide • Reconstruction of past weather events • Meteorological statistics • Forensic meteorology • Weather information relating to insurance claims • Weather related to accidents

After training as a marine engineer, I pursued a career in heat and mass transfer until establishing my own consulting firm. I was first retained by the Department of Energy, then by the DTI Design Advisory Service and the Production Engineering Research Association. I have since undertaken 46 plant design and build projects alongside 53 process consultancies, and completed 17 expert witness instructions. My CEng registration was predicated by the design and engineering of major projects for Alcan Aluminium,...

Rating appeals embracing Tribunal attendances (including Upper Chamber) • Boundary dispute issues • Valuation disputes • Building defect disputes

Clinical interest with 20 years' experience in expert reporting specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, including assessment of orthopaedic physiotherapy & rehabilitative requirements • A special interest in personal injury, assessment of quantum for physiotherapy treatment & future needs • Review of physiotherapy treatment, medical records & correspondence • Practising Member of the Academy of Experts • Member of the Association of Medicolegal Physiotherapists • APIL & Bond Solon expert witness training • Tier...

Forensic, highways & construction meteorology • Routine & winter highway maintenance • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Slips, trips & falls • Ice & frost prediction & detection • Thermal mapping • Snow clearance • Adverse road conditions due to weather • Fog, wind, storm & rainfall analysis • Micro-climatology • Estimation of flooding • Road surveying • Surface water drainage • Weather forecasting

Russell Bralsford is an expert in the fields of domestic and industrial plumbing and heating systems. Having over 50 years of experience in domestic and commercial environments, Mr Bralsford has been engaged by leading law firms, legal practices and insurance companies to give evidence and opine in cases involving poor working practices, personal injury and property damage, and the design and efficiency of plumbing and heating systems.

Mediator • Practising Certified Intl Commercial Mediator • ICE's Mediator/Conciliator • CIArb's Mediator • CIArb's CDP Mediator • CIArb's Personal Injury Mediator • CIArb's LB of Tower Hamlets Mediator • RICS' Mediator • CMC's Mediator • CIC's Mediator • TAE's QDR • TAE BMF's Mediator • Clerksroom's Mediator • ICC's Mediator • IMI's Mediator • IMI's Mentor • FIMC's Mediator • WIPO's Mediator • IOM's Mediator • BIMC's Mediator • AMATI • Mayor's & City of London Court's Mediator Arbitrator & Adjudicator • Practising Intl Arbitrator...

All aspects of infectious disease & tropical medicine, including: • Meningitis & encephalitis • Septicaemia • Skin & soft tissue infections (cellulitis, fasciitis) • Chest infections • Tuberculosis • Gastro-enteritis (food poisoning) • Infectious hepatitis • HIV/AIDS infection • Other bloodborne virus infections (hepatitis B & C) • Urinary tract infections • Malaria • Other travel-related conditions (dysentery, amoebiasis, typhoid, dengue, etc.) • Schistosomiasis • Tropical medicine • Covid-19 infection

Areas of Expertise General plastic surgery (burns, scars, etc.) Hand surgery • Hand fractures • Skin trauma • Nerve and tendon injuries Experience As a Plastic Surgeon and Hand Surgeon of over 30 years’ experience, I currently write approximately 120 reports a year. 99% are illustrated with mounted, annotated colour photographs. I no longer take on medical negligence work. Consulting in Leicester and Lincoln.

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

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

Concrete use, specification & failure investigation • Mortar • Render • Screed flooring • Sealants • Paint • Chemical analysis • Ceramic tiling, internal & external • Corrosion • Reinforcement corrosion • Petrographic analysis • Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) • UKAS accredited for selected tests

Buildings & structures • Civil engineering works • Drainage • Infrastructure services

Analysis of defective building construction/design • Negligent building contract administration • Building contract disputes • Negligent building surveys of property • Dilapidations • Boundary disputes

Keith has wide knowledge and experience in building services engineering (UK/international) in mechanical and electrical systems; private, public and military sectors. • Forensic engineering analysis professional competence - compliance with regulations, standards UK, EU(EN) • Power generation and electrical installations (power and lighting) design and construction • Mechanical (HVAC) engineering systems • Premature obsolescence, materials life-cycling

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

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

Railway noise • Railway vibration • 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

Architecture generally, particularly: • Residential work • Refurbishment, conversion & alteration schemes • Professional practice • Party Wall matters • Defects & building failures • Town planning • Educational schemes • Commercial schemes • Fee scales & payment on quantum meruit basis • Architect professional negligence

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.

I have been a Consultant Medical Microbiologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, since July 1992. My field of expertise lies in all areas related to infection, i.e. clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, antibiotics, health care-associated infection (including MRSA and C. difficile ), and infection control. As an Honorary Senior Lecturer in our medical school, I am also actively involved in teaching, training and R & D, with over 100 publications or presentations at national and international conferences....

Front end engineering, design, construction and commissioning of process plant, pipelines and above-ground storage tanks.

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

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

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.

Scars • Skin lumps • Soft tissue trauma • Burns & scalds • Plastic surgery • Hands • Skin grafts & flaps • Member of the Academy of Experts • Past-President, Warwickshire Medico-Legal Society

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) •...

I entered the profession as a 5 years indentured student apprentice for domestic, commercial and industrial sectors for plumbing, drainage, water, gas, boiler oils, public health engineering, building services engineering from August 1964 and qualified as an Engineer in 1969. I continued my academic and practical training to complete my professional qualification when I was awarded my Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI) Chartered Engineer (CEng) status in 1983. I became an expert witness in 1984. I...

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

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

Outdoor activity centre suits • White water rafting • Liability involving water sports • Skiing liability suits • Nordic, telemark or alpine • Liability involving ski equipment • Liability involving ski instruction • Matters concerning Ministry of Defence outdoor education or adventurous training • High wire adventure courses • Climbing parks • Ropes courses • Team building • Stand up paddling (SUP)

I am a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with significant experience in the construction and engineering industry. My expertise covers professional negligence, contractual disputes, contract administration issues and costs disputes. I am the holder of an expert witness training certificate issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

I am a specialist in paediatric infectious diseases. I am competent to accept instructions in all matters dealing with transmission, pathogenesis & sequelae of most infections seen in developed countries (including HIV/AIDS). I have a particular interest in tuberculosis, HIV & infections in the immune compromised. Although I only deal with a limited number of neonates in my practice, I am still competent in this area.

Additional expert Mr John Hilson BSc MICE MCIWEM CEng, Chartered Civil Engineer Richard Allitt Associates Ltd, Unit 10, Edward Court, Altrincham Business Park, Altrincham , WA14 5GL Tel: 0161 359 4037 Email: [email protected] Flooding • Hydrology • Hydraulic modelling • Surface water management • Integrated urban drainage • Drainage & sewerage • Sewerage management • Waste water • Land drainage • Reservoir inundation modelling

Forensic Architect involved with the investigation of building defects and allegations of professional negligence for construction disputes. Cases have included: • Fire safety defects in the design and construction of higher risk residential buildings • Waterproofing defects in the design and construction of basements • Review of the responsibilities of design team consultants • Defects under building contracts • Review of building maintenance and operations strategies

I have worked many years as a midwife in the NHS, in higher education and as Head of Midwifery in several NHS Trusts. I have wide experience of working in different settings and in reviewing clinical incidents. I have the Bond Solon Cardiff University Expert Witness Certificate. All aspects of midwifery care, including: • Pregnancy • Labour • Birth & birth-related injury or trauma, including shoulder dystocia • Postnatal care • Midwifery management • Midwifery education • Undertaken 200+ cases

Severe community-acquired infection such as meningitis or septicaemia • Hospital-acquired infection, including neurosurgical, orthopaedic and antibiotic-resistant bacteria I have extensive medicolegal experience since 1999 in preparing reports for both defendant and claimant. I have given evidence for the court on 6 occasions. I have attended a medicolegal training course (Bond Solon 3-day residential course, including 1 day on report writing and 2 days on courtroom/cross-examination skills - 17 January 2001)....

Over 40 years of professional experience investigating water-related problems in construction and environmental health. Acted as expert or single joint expert for over 300 civil and criminal cases, arbitration, adjudication and public enquiries. Recent clients have included DEFRA, Drinking Water Inspectorate, NHS, Environment Agency, National House Building Council, local authorities and water PLCs. Specification and management of water systems and water protection in buildings • Drainage • Sewage treatment • Septic...

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 contamination by spillage...

Investigation & testing of building & civil engineering materials & components Charles Darley Associates are independent materials testing consultants. Expertise is available in a wide range of materials and components including blockwork, cladding, reinforced and pre-stressed concrete, flooring, glazing, plaster, render, roofing systems and screeds. Dr Darley specialises in failure investigation, appraisal of latent defects and deterioration and assessment of physical damage.

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 • Inspection of workplaces, processes...

Road traffic collision investigation & reconstruction expert witness • Tachograph analysis • Locus assessments • Case review • Vehicle examinations • Seat belt examinations • Criminal & civil cases • Court attendance • Examination of light bulbs • Damage consistency reports • Insurance fraud • Examination of tyres • Death by dangerous driving • Careless driving matters • Liability disputes • Staged collisions • Electronic data recovery from airbag modules & vehicle ECUs • Low velocity whiplash • Personal injury claims • Human factors • Perception...

Dry rot • Wet rot • Woodworm • Timber decay • Indoor air quality • Sick building syndrome • Flood & fire damage • Allergy problems in buildings • Conservation of historic buildings • Building defects analysis • Environmental health • Building mycologist, pathologist & environmental health scientist

Mr Alexander specialises in burns surgery, lower limb trauma/reconstruction, plastic surgery trauma, scar management, perineal reconstruction and general plastic surgery. Mr Alexander also carries out abdominal wall and spinal soft tissue reconstruction.

Materials specialist, investigating matters involving: • Concrete technology • Warehouse floors & hardstandings • Failure of concrete repair works • Concrete durability & specification • Concrete placing, bleed & shrinkage cracking • Paints & coatings for concrete • Air entrainment of concrete & performance in freezing conditions • Construction in hot climates • Underground concrete construction • Concrete test methods & data interpretation • General forensic examination of construction failures

Over 40 years' experience in highway design & construction with particular expertise in Department for Transport design standards, including driver visibility, stopping sight distances, horizontal & vertical curvature, crossfalls & superelevation • Experience in highway authority standards, traffic management at roadworks, traffic signs regulations, road safety audits, accident records & accident investigations

Vehicle, plant & machinery fires • Escape of water (water leak) investigation • Mechanical failure investigation • Personal injury • Road traffic collisions

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 • Building defects • Subsidence & underpinning • Reinstatement following fire, flood or storm • Rising damp...

Combinable and potato crop agronomy • Fertiliser recommendations for all crop types except fruit • Sprayer filling and dilute pesticide washing disposal by biobeds and biofilters • Land-based legislation and effective practical interpretation on farm related to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), including all Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAECs) and Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) covering water protection, nitrate vulnerable zones (NVZs), water abstraction, groundwater, soil management,...

All aspects of midwifery care • Hospital & community-based care of mothers & babies • Intrapartum & waterbirths a particular interest • Postnatal care, infant feeding & care of mothers who have had instrumental/caesarean section births an area of interest • As a qualified midwifery tutor I am able to provide expertise in areas of students or education of midwives • Knowledge of risk management & supervision of midwives • I was awarded a fellowship of the RCM in 2019

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

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

Expertise: • Safety • Accident investigation • Health & Safety at Work Act & Regulations • Personal injury • Fires • Explosions • Risk assessment • Safety management • Occupational accidents • Product safety • Dangerous goods • Falls • Mechanical or structural failure • Machinery Sectors: • Industrial • Construction • Mechanical • Electrical • Manufacturing • Factories • Oil • Gas • Offshore • Chemicals • Pipelines • Railways • Public transport • Ports & docks • Food • Retail • Leisure

Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry. He started his career working on construction sites whilst studying civil engineering, obtaining a first-class honours degree. He then worked at a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in the UK, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer in 2009. Nick then began focusing on forensic engineering and dispute resolution work at a specialist consultancy in the UK, and has been working as an Expert Witness,...

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 • Pile testing • Earth retaining structures • Reinforced earth walls • Gravity retaining wall • Gabion walls • Precast concrete...

Disputes between parties involved in the design, specification, installation, inspection, service, maintenance and commissioning of mechanical and public health building services comprising: • Air conditioning • Ventilation • Heating • HVAC controls • Renewable energy systems • Hot and cold water services • Above ground drainage, gas and water utility services

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

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

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Mechanical engineering • Building fires • Explosions • Vehicle, plant and machinery fires • White goods appliance fires • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Plastics and polymers • Manual handling

• Expertise in scars, burns, trauma, plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, lasers & consent law • Editor in Chief of Scars, Burns & Healing Journal • Master of Law with commendation 2005 • Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons 2007 • Associate Editor, Annals of Plastic Surgery • Three textbooks related to plastic surgery & burns • Extensive claimant & defence expert • Adult & paediatric surgeon Also consulting at: North West England, Birmingham, Leeds, Carlisle & 10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF.

Accident investigation • Accident prevention • Accidental injuries • Adventure activities safety • Canal safety • Countryside safety • Consumer safety • Safety in education • Safety in physical education • Falls accident investigation • Water slides safety • Historic environment • Safety in industry • Leisure activities safety • Leisure accident investigation • Local authorities safety • National Parks public safety • Occupational safety • Sports injuries • Playground injuries

Highways • Bridges • Earthworks • Foundations • Drainage • Flood defences • Reinforced concrete • Multi-storey car parks • Retaining structures • Housing • Commercial developments • Sustainable drainage works • Contract administration

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Building services • Air conditioning systems • Office air conditioning systems • Boiler plant & heating systems • Condensation in building fabric • Drainage & plumbing • Environments for museums & works of art • Fees for consulting engineers • Close controlled environments • Swimming pool plant & equipment • Engineering evidence

Structural engineering design • Building contracts • Settlement or subsidence problems • Insurance relating to buildings • Civil engineering • Structural failures • Drainage • Accidents: industrial & commercial

I have extensive experience in the design, specification, supervision and/or project management of mechanical and electrical engineering services installations, on a wide variety of commissions, including healthcare projects. During that time I have undertaken design audits and/or detailed technical appraisals of both new and existing mechanical and electrical engineering services installations, prepared expert witness reports and provided advice to clients and their legal representatives in respect of duties...

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

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 • Root cause analysis • Contract management • Tendering • Procurement