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...

Accident investigation: • Industry & industrial premises • Construction & building • Docks • Agriculture • Transport & road traffic; highway • Offices & shops • Hospitals & nursing homes • Education • Sport & leisure • Domestic • Mechanical engineering: • Machinery defects & disputes • Cranes & lifting equipment • Papermaking machinery • Boiler plant & steam ancillaries • Mechanical handling equipment, including fork-lifts • Consumer product defects • Safety design • Machine tools • Manufacturing engineering & processes • Hydraulic engineering • Pneumatic...

Ergonomic assessments of: • Work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD) • Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) • Manual handling accidents • Back injury cases • Human factors • Human error • Safety critical tasks • Safety management systems • Noise • Asbestos • Whole body vibration • Hand-arm vibration • Vibration white finger • Accident investigation • COMAH • Safety design • Patient safety • Product design • COSHH • Slips, trips and falls • Musculoskeletal disorder • Display screen equipment • Assembly work • Cumulative trauma disorder We can also be contacted...

Orthopaedics & trauma, mainly personal injuries • Special interest in hand & upper limb areas Legal instructions to be sent to: Miss Ang, The London Independent Hospital, Beaumont Square, Stepney Green, London , E1 4NL.

Tenosynovitis • Repetitive strain injury (RSI) • Whiplash • Rheumatism • Rheumatology • Medical orthopaedics • Arthritis • Autoimmune disease • Personal injury to neck, back or joints (excluding fractures & major trauma) • Occupation-related pain syndromes • Work-related arthritis • Fibromyalgia • Algodystrophy • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy • Vibration white finger • Septic arthritis • Rheumatoid arthritis • Lupus • Systemic lupus • Vasculitis • Fatigue • Medical negligence • Medical malpractice • Complex regional pain syndrome • Scleroderma Ceased NHS...

I am able to provide a comprehensive medico-legal service for instructions relating to hand injuries, hand fractures, soft tissue injuries, trauma, wounds, tendon and nerve injuries, amputations, complex reconstructions and microsurgery. This includes dealing with injuries in children and adults, personal injury, industrial accidents and work-related claims, road traffic accidents and sports injuries. I can offer specialist assessments in hand function, quality of life impact, prognosis and recommendations...

Noise-induced hearing loss • Whole body & hand-arm vibration

Personal injury & fatal accidents, including: • Falling, tripping & slipping accidents • Workplace hazards • Machinery hazards • Manual handling, lifting & repetitive strain injury • Industry hazards • Cranes, lifts & forklift truck accidents • Domestic hazards • Commercial premises hazards & accidents • Sports & leisure accidents & hazards • Fairground & playground accidents • Musculoskeletal injury & diseases • Industrial products, including: • Defective equipment • Equipment failures • Product liability disputes • Product defects & injuries •...

Orthopaedic trauma • All aspects of bone & soft tissue injury, including limb & spinal injuries • Special interest: cervical spine injury & consequences Also consulting rooms at: Birmingham, Coventry, Oxford, Bristol & Swindon. • Over 25,000 reports • Corporate International Orthopaedic Therapy Expert Witness of the Year in the United Kingdom - 2023 • Leaders in Law Global Awards 2022 Orthopaedic Therapy Services Expert of the Year in the UK • Advisory Excellence Orthopaedic Therapy Expert England, 2022 • Leaders...

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

Monitoring, assessment and control of: • Industrial noise & vibration • Noise-induced hearing loss • Vibration white finger

Nerve/muscle injuries: from accidents, occupation, irradiation, toxins, medicines, surgery, medical procedures, anaesthesia • Objective assessment on diagnosis, causation, rehabilitation & prognosis is enhanced by nerve conduction studies & electromyography • Experience in EEG Claimants seen for full medical reports or (at lower fee) reports focused on nerve/muscle injury. Member of Association of British Neurologists & American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

I have worked in an expert witness practice since the mid-1990s, initially on a part-time basis, in the area of noise and vibration, with a focus on occupational injuries such as NIHL, tinnitus, RSI, VWF and CTS. This involved site inspections, testing, computational analysis and report preparation. In 2016, the practice became a limited company and I became a full-time Director and Principal Consultant. I have since provided the courts with over 300 single joint expert witness reports, mainly in NIHL cases.

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,...

Diagnosis & management of rheumatic disorders, including inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue diseases, soft-tissue rheumatic disorders & occupation-related musculoskeletal symptoms & disorders • Bone disease, including osteoporosis & muscle diseases • Trauma-related rheumatic problems (including whiplash) • Matters relating to anti-rheumatic drugs, including DMARD, NSAID, corticosteroids & immunosuppressive drugs • Spinal pain • Chronic pain syndromes & fibromyalgia • CRPS • Medical/clinical negligence

Highly specialised in hand and wrist problems • Current NHS Consultant and Professor at Southampton University • Author of five textbooks and numerous articles • Medical reporting for 26 years • Personal injury and medical negligence • Chair, British Orthopaedic Association Medicolegal Committee 2018-2021 • Gold Medal, European Diploma of Hand Surgery • Over 2500 PI reports and over 750 clinical negligence reports

Specialist in upper limb injuries and reconstructive surgery • Extended Scope Practitioner HCPC Registration: PH58515

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 • Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) & electromagnetic interference (EMI)

General orthopaedics & trauma • Arthritis following trauma • Upper & lower limbs • Hips • Knees • Ankles • Hands • Wrists • Whiplash injuries, including low velocity impacts (I ran a whiplash clinic for some years) • Work-related disorders, e.g. RSI, etc. • Industrial & workplace accidents Consulting rooms at: Birmingham and Manchester

Investigation of industrial accidents • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manual handling • Upper limb disorders • Falls & falling objects • Slipping & tripping • Machinery • Noise & deafness • Component failures

Investigation of industrial & leisure accidents of almost every kind • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manufacturing plant & machinery • Sports, play & leisure • Slips, trips & falls • Manual handling • Woodworking machinery • Work-related upper limb disorders • Consumer product defects • Noise & deafness • Construction work • Fork-lift trucks • Agricultural machinery • Road traffic accidents • Ladders & scaffolding • Fires & explosions • Welding • Hand-arm vibration syndrome

Expert witness and forensic investigation services relating to measurement and analysis of noise- and vibration-related incidents and disputes • Areas of expertise include noise-induced hearing loss, hand-arm and whole-body vibration exposure, planning disputes, noise nuisance and building regulations, and specifications compliance for commercial and residential developments, including noise impact assessments • Assessment of noise under Control of Noise at Work Regulations and implementation of hearing conservation...