Mr Ferguson in LONDON
Architecture • Building defects and regulations • Glass and glazing systems • Health and safety
Mr Booth in WIRRAL
All aspects of optometric practice, including eye examinations & sight testing, spectacles dispensing & contact lens fitting, supply & aftercare • NHS General Ophthalmic Service regulations & guidance • NHS ophthalmic charges & payments regulations & guidance • NHS claims procedures & monitoring, including pre- & post-payment verification • General Optical Council regulations & guidance • Optometric poor performance • Ophthalmic fraud
Dr Pitman in LEATHERHEAD
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...
Mr Lovis in SANDBACH
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) •...
Dr Wall in ABINGDON
Metallurgist, materials scientist, inspection and failure expert • 40 years+ experience • Experienced expert witness • Non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT, NDE) • Failure analysis • Metallurgical analysis • Fracture mechanisms • Inspection performance & reliability • Probability of detection (POD) • Human reliability • Digitalisation • Corrosion • Cracking • Hydrogen embrittlement (HIC) • Welding defects • Steam turbine failures • Hospital pipework • Storage tanks & facilities • Pipelines • Composite materials (GRP, CFRP) • Offshore • Oil...
Mr Kent in LONDON
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 specification • Operating and maintenance requirements
Eur Ing Clarke in LONDON
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, glazing units, 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:...
Mr Camplin in LEEDS
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
Dr Ryan in EPSOM
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
Mr Josephson in MANCHESTER
Mr Josephson has built up a wealth of experience in glaucoma, macular degeneration, complex contact lenses, complex prescriptions and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). He also has a specialist interest in myopia control.
Mr Hetherington in EDINBURGH
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...
Dr Parsons in LONDON
Investigation of engineering, materials and corrosion-related failures • Mechanical failures in load-bearing components • Glass damage • Metallurgical incidents • Analysis of fire-damaged metals • Fibre identification • Investigation of cargo damage • Cargo liquefaction cases • Incidents involving coating failures (paint) I have provided expert testimony in court in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr Baker in STOKE-ON-TRENT
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
Mr Jaques in LEEDS
Experience in architectural practice both pre-contract & post-contract with particular reference to terms of appointment & construction methods & detailing • A detailed knowledge of building regulations involving legislation & building contracts • A member of the RIBA panel of adjudicators • A wide knowledge of landscape contracting disputes as a Director of Deberris Landscapes Ltd • Experience in preparation of reports under legal instruction as an expert both prior to issuing of proceedings & court action • Experience...
Mr Caselton in BOURNEMOUTH
My fields of expertise are set out in my website & include: • Yacht & small craft surveying • Investigations into damage, accidents, etc. • Construction & repair supervision - I am Consultant Surveyor to the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy • Registrations • MCA & RCD coding • I am currently taking a course in cargo surveying • Associate Member of the Academy of Experts • I am a Qualified Paralegal & a Fellow of the Institute of Paralegals in respect of which I have professional indemnity insurance Additional email:
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Mr Hepher in KINGSTON UPON THAMES
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...
Dr Wright in LONDON
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
Dr Slade in BATLEY
All matters relating to optometric practice, including eye examinations and sight tests, spectacle dispensing, contact lens fitting and review, and referrals to other professionals • General Optical Council Rules • NHS matters relating to General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) regulations, NHS Optical Charges and Payments regulations, including claiming procedures and post-payment verification, eye health policy and poor performance
Mr Dash in SWANSEA
Refractive surgery (LASIK, LASEK, refractive lens exchange, natural lens replacement) • Corneal ectasia (keratoconus and surgically induced ectasia) • Dry eye disease and management • Myopia management • Contact lenses • Ocular injuries • General optometric matters
Professor Payne-James in SOUTHMINSTER
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...
Mr Marmoy-Haynes in UPMINSTER
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.
Dr Stuart-Moonlight in FOLKESTONE
Dr Stuart-Moonlight is one of the foremost food safety and infectious disease experts in the UK, possessing excellent academic credentials including three fellowships. Her typical food cases include contamination, food poisoning, foodborne disease and food allergy. Her typical environmental cases include workplace, environment and travel-related infectious diseases such as norovirus, Sars-Cov-2 and leptospirosis. Dr Stuart-Moonlight has a historic background as a regulator, so is able to contextualise evidential...
Dr Darley in HELENSBURGH
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.
Mr Appleyard in BINGLEY
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
Mr Peat in GLASGOW
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
Mrs Smith in SLOUGH
BioMark Forensics arranges experts for the legal profession, including in legally aided cases. Our Case Manager has over 30 years’ experience in forensics, including as an expert herself, so we understand the system and what is needed. The experts we provide have many years’ experience in their respective fields, produce comprehensive reports and are proficient at Court. Evidence covered includes: • Alcohol back calculations • Audio evidence • Blood pattern analysis • CCTV evidence • Collision investigation • Computer...
Mr Rudd in KINGSTON UPON THAMES
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
Mr Murray in LONDON
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
Mr Hill in MANCHESTER
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...
Mr Cameron in EDINBURGH
General optometry & community eye testing standards & requirements of opticians & optometrists • Missed pathology (including retinal disease, anterior eye disease, glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, etc.) • Diagnosis & management of eye disorders in community • Failure to refer to secondary care • Breach of duty of care by optometrists & opticians • Regulatory breaches regarding testing of sight • Contact lens practice • Independent therapeutic prescribing by optometrists • Medical negligence relating to eye disease...
Mr Wilkinson in LONDON
Building regulations • Fire safety risk assessment • Fire regulations • Timberframe fire safety
Dr Dinsdale in NORWICH
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,...
Dr Campbell in HUDDERSFIELD
Authorised analyst for Road Traffic Act, back calculations, spiking, etc. • Public Analyst - all aspects of chemical analysis of food and interpretation in a legal context: composition, additives, allergens, contaminants, authenticity, description, foreign body identification, nutritional analysis, food fraud, illegal dyes, food contact materials, nutritional and health claims • Agricultural Analyst - analysis of animal feeds
Eur Ing Lumley in LONDON
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 •...
Mr Potter in HORSLEY
An architect with 37 years' experience on a range of building types & sizes. I advise upon claims against architects; investigate defective building fabric, especially external walls & flat & pitched roofs, condensation & air leakage & disputes concerning inspection, valuation & certification. I act in mediation, arbitration & adjudication, as an SJE, & give evidence at the TCC. I work throughout the UK for insurers, loss adjustors, building owners, contractors & material suppliers. I am included on the List...
Dr True in DUDLEY
Masonry defects & masonry product defects • Floor finish failures • Cast stone products, quality & failure • Glass fibre-reinforced concrete • Render finishes • Quality of brickwork • Defects & failures to concrete components & concrete structures • Car park toppings • Refurbishment to commercial & domestic property • Quality of concrete supply • Defective imprinted concrete • Objective digital comparison of questionable concrete surfaces
Mr Pidding in GERRARDS CROSS
Suspended ceilings • Partitions • Raised access floors • Dry lining & drywall partitions • Glass & glazed partitions • Shaftwalls • Plasterwork (solid & cast) • External render • Stucco • Subcontract disputes (building) • Interior fit-outs • Extensive experience in acting as expert engaged on behalf of building owners, main & management contractors, subcontractors & specialists in disputes as to quantum, performance, merchantable or satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose & infringement of design copyright • Appointments as expert...