Ms Taylor in BANBURY
Specialising in negligence and Animals Act cases - split 50:50 claimant:defendant • Expert in horse behaviour, coaching, training of horse, competitions, health and safety, best practice, buying and selling • Competed for GB, World and European Championships • Fellow of British Horse Society (FBHS) • British Eventing Master Trainer • British Horse Society Assessor (Examiner) • Federation International Judge (FEI)
Dr Lodge in BURY ST EDMUNDS
Natural & artificial sports surfaces • Soil, grass, sand, top dressing & rootzone materials • Field & laboratory performance testing • Playing & surface quality assessment • Drainage • Sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) for sports & amenity surfaces • Materials for all sports played on natural & artificial (outdoor) surfaces • Golf, football, rugby, hockey, cricket, bowls, croquet, polo, amenity turf, outdoor sport • Domestic lawns • Multi-use games areas (MUGAs), 3G pitches, 'Astroturf' • Equestrian arenas & tracks
Dr Marsden in BIGGAR
Top level academic & professional qualifications with lifelong practical experience • Causes of riding & horse-related accidents • Safety around horses • Adequacy of instruction, facilities, equipment, housing, horse care, handling, riding & training techniques • Horse behaviour • Handling, ridden & performance problems • Industry standard guidelines, including HSE, CIEH, BHS, ABRS, TRSS
Professor Vaughan Williams in NOTTINGHAM
Extensive expert witness experience, betting & gaming, including domestic (including Old Bailey) & overseas courts of law, Select Committee, House of Commons/Lords • Special adviser on taxation, regulation, social, economic impacts of gambling, including behaviour & prevalence to HMRC, DCMS, NAO, Gambling Commission • Expert on bookmakers, exchanges, sports/horserace & spread betting, casinos, gaming machines, lottery, bingo, pools, poker • Political, election, sports forecasting & analysis • Extensive media experience...
Dr Cowley in ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH
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