Anaesthesia and critical care medicine • Cardiac anaesthesia • Emergency medicine • NHS cases All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

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...

Accident • Assault • Injury • Trauma • Wounding • Personal injury • Torture • Tasers • Medical negligence • Road Traffic Act (drink/drug drive fitness) • Drug & alcohol misuse • Clinical forensic medicine • Fitness to detain • Fitness to be interviewed • Forensic & legal medicine • Deaths in custody • Harm in custody • Miscarriages of justice • Death investigation • Sexual assault • Death in custody • Care in custody • Police complaints • Nutrition • Venous access • Thrombophlebitis • Assessment of post-mortem stomach contents • Self-inflicted injury Professor Payne-James...

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.

Technical litigation & arbitration • Process & project engineering • Safety & loss prevention • Accident investigation & forensic engineering, including fire, explosions & toxic releases • Safety & risk management • Oil & gas processing • Offshore safety • Hazard & risk assessment • Experience of major public inquiries & litigations, including Flixborough, Kings Cross, Ocean Odyssey, Piper Alpha, Ladbroke Grove rail crash, Buncefield, ICL Stockline • Also experience of planning inquiries, including major hazard installations •...

Odour & air quality expert • PhD chemical engineering with 25 years' experience • Expertise in abatement design, operation, performance • Best Available Technology (BAT) & Best Practicable Means (BPM) Assessment • Expert in measurement of odour, dust & air pollutants & impact assessment • Guidance development (e.g. for commercial kitchens) • Acted for regulators & operators & in private nuisance claims, planning appeals & also as joint expert for odour & air quality cases

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.

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...

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.

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...

Occupational hygiene • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure

Expertise: • Recognition, evaluation & control of occupational health risks such as chemicals, dusts, fumes, vapours & noise Experience: • A practising occupational hygienist with over 30 years' experience in a wide range of industrial & occupational settings with problems including respiratory ill health, e.g. asthma, asbestosis & other respiratory illness, cancer, noise-induced hearing loss, skin problems • Numerous publications & papers • Court experience as expert witness for defence & claimant Professional qualifications: •...

Consultant Anaesthetist since 1992 • Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia at Homerton Hospital 1994-2016 • Recognised Teacher of the University of London • President of the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association 2008-2011 • Panellist for GMC Fitness to Practise proceedings 2006-2014 • Main area of expertise is the provision of safe, effective analgesia & anaesthesia for women in pregnancy • Extensive experience in the management of all types of anaesthesia & pain relief for labour & delivery • Particular interest in the management...

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...

Obstetric anaesthesia & analgesia • Complications of epidural & spinal techniques • Anaesthesia for plastic & cosmetic surgery • Hypotensive anaesthesia • Risk management

Anaesthesia administration & monitoring • General anaesthesia for surgery • Regional anaesthesia techniques • Sedation for medical procedures • Perioperative pain management • Management of anaesthetic complications • Critical care medicine & intensive care units (ICU) • Anaesthetic management in special populations (e.g. paediatrics, geriatrics) • Anaesthetic pharmacology & drug interactions All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

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 • Occupational hygiene

Exposure assessment and control of chemical, physical and biological agents • Personal protective equipment requirement, selection, use and management • Risk assessment • Health and safety management systems • Incident investigation • Manual handling • Asbestos exposure

Building fires • Explosions • Marine fires • Vehicle, plant and machinery fires • Cargo spoilage • IMSBC cargo • IMDG cargo • Liquefaction • Contamination and pollution

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...

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

Anaesthesia (general, spinal, epidural & local) • Awareness during anaesthesia • Injury & complications during anaesthesia • Patient safety • Problems with tracheal intubation • Pre-operative assessment & preparation • Post-operative care & complications • Medical negligence involving anaesthesia • Research involving anaesthesia • Anaesthetic equipment • Regional (nerve block) anaesthesia • Nerve injuries in the perioperative period • Allergic reactions during anaesthesia • Standard of care in anaesthesia

Air quality, odour and health impacts specialist with BA chemistry from the University of Cambridge and PhD atmospheric chemistry • Over 30 years' experience as an industry specialist at ICI and in consultancy • Mark has appeared as an expert witness on over 40 occasions on issues including odour and air quality impact assessment; environmental and health effects of waste management; perception of health risks; road traffic emissions; and effects of air pollution on natural habitats

Dr Ashworth administers cardiothoracic anaesthesia, anaesthesia for heart and lung transplantation, and general and regional anaesthesia. He also administers care to the critically ill, including life support, invasive monitoring techniques, resuscitation and end-of-life care. He has a special interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).

Anaesthesia • Critical care medicine • Major trauma • Emergency medicine • Orthopaedics and trauma anaesthesia • Penetrating trauma All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

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...

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

Chemical engineering • Compressor • Concept selection • Corrosion • Facilities • Facilities engineering • Field development • Flow assurance • FPSO • FSO • Gas • Offshore • Oil • Onshore • Material selection • Pipelines • Piping • Platforms • Process engineering • Processing • Project engineering • Risers • Subsea • Topsides • Upstream • Midstream

Dr Cain has specialist clinical interests in the following areas: • Critical care medicine • Anaesthesia • Sepsis • Perioperative medicine • Echocardiography • Intubation • Line insertion • Bronchoscopy • Percutaneous tracheostomy • Organ donation • End of life care • Infection control • Transfer medicine • Airway management

Respiratory diseases, including asthma, asbestosis, bronchitis, emphysema & mesotheliomal tumour • Environmental factors, including fugitive gas emissions, irritants, carbon monoxide poisoning & toxicology • Occupational disease, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Drink driving, failure to give breath sample due to medical impairment • Musculoskeletal disease • Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) • Heavy metals poisoning, including cadmium, lead & mercury Correspondence address: Hollyoaks, 20 Haven Gardens,...

General anaesthesia • Cardiac anaesthesia • Critical care medicine • Peri-operative care • Peri-operative risk management

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...

Anaesthesia for all surgical procedures except cardiac surgery & obstetrics • Airway management & intubation • Resuscitation • Awareness • Anaphylaxis • Preoperative assessment • Postoperative care & complications • Cardiac arrest • Spinal/epidural & regional anaesthesia • Nerve blocks • Anaesthetic equipment & monitoring • Central venous catheterisation • Arterial cannulae • Management of haemorrhage • Human factors in anaesthesia

David Aron has over 20 years’ experience of energy expert witness work. He has acted as an expert at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the World Bank Tribunal in Washington. He has been the determining expert in an energy price dispute between Australian producers and an Asian buyer. He has also been an expert at the London Court of International Arbitration and the UK High Court, as well as the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a Member of the Academy of Experts.

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

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...