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

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

Hepatology • Liver disease • Ascites • Hepatorenal • Cirrhosis • Acute liver failure • Hepatic encephalopathy • Drug hepatotoxicity • Drug-induced liver injury • Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics • Adverse effects of drugs, alcohol, paracetamol overdose • Biochemical analysis • Mass spectrometry • Drug patent disputes • Oxidative stress • Clinical biochemistry • General internal medicine • Acute medicine • Acute medical emergencies

Forensic Equity is the UK's largest, fully independent, full-spectrum, forensic science service provider. With some of the most experienced scientists in Europe, our clients can be safe in the knowledge that they are benefiting from an unrivalled source of expertise and the most robust scientific reporting. Our mission is to ensure that fair and impartial forensic science is accessible to all, which is why we readily accept instructions funded by Legal Aid. Accounting Mark Holdsworth FMAAT CFE MAE Robert Miller...

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...

Kevin Rudd is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in the UK & is the only member in the British Cement Industry who has achieved this status • With ~20 years' experience, including: • Expert witness • Due diligence • Cement plant feasibility studies • Green or brown field cement plant project management • Technical & financial evaluation of equipment • Factory acceptance testing • Cement plant operations • Cement industry insurance claim investigations • Troubleshooting for cement kilns & mills

Dr Watt has a broad haematology clinical practice including haemato-oncology, haemostasis and thrombosis and general haematological conditions.

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

Nick Hepher is a highly experienced cement process engineer, with specialist knowledge for milling, pyro-processes, particle and separation technologies. With over 40 years' experience on the 'front line', Nick's 'hands on' approach has involved him in all aspects of the business, including process design, sales, contract execution, spares and services. He has been responsible for the engineering aspects of projects, both 'turn-key' and 'supply-only', and involved in sales and project management for both...

EC-registered Analytical Chemist (until register closed March 2014) • Eligible to serve as Qualified Person in the pharmaceutical industry under legislation administered by the MHRA • Formerly Senior Lecturer in Forensic Analytical Science & Programme Leader for Undergraduate Forensic Science at Manchester Metropolitan University • Former member of several MAFF, EC, BSI & ISO committees & working parties • Author of both refereed papers & other articles • Microbiological & chemical consultancy, testing & writing, including...

Experienced in the preparation & critical review of patent specifications, expert reports, legal briefs & complaints (to Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman & Information Commissioner's Office) in regulatory & quality control & assurance matters relating to medical devices (including electrical equipment, e.g. e-cigarettes), pharmaceuticals, herbal medicines, cosmetics products & their ingredients in the EU & US, with forensic & information technology/information retrieval skills Additional e-mail: [email protected]...

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

Fires, explosions, electrical incidents, chemical reactions and contamination • Domestic, industrial and marine • Large losses (I have investigated several high-profile cases >£10m and a few >£100m) • Overseas cases

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

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

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

Experience covers failure investigations on: • Metals: ferrous & non-ferrous • Non-metals: plastics & glass • Welding & fabrication • Lifting equipment, cranes, hoists, chains, nylon slings & hooks • Fire damage • Plant & machinery component failures • Construction materials & components: bolts, rebar, etc. • Surface coatings: metallic, organic or thermally sprayed • Non-destructive testing • Historic structures & materials: bronze, cast iron & wrought iron • Corrosion problems: inland & marine • Marine failures: quayside structures...

James Clery has nearly 30 years of experience acting as an expert witness and providing reports and live testimony for both prosecution and defence, in both the UK and worldwide. Working at the highest levels in notable high-profile cases, he is acknowledged as one of the UK leaders in forensic biology, sexual-based cases, crime scenes and complex statistical analyses of DNA mixture profiles. His specialities are as follows: • STR DNA profiling • Y-STR testing • Low Copy Number (LCN) • DNA mixtures • Mitochondrial •...