ENT surgery • Voice, swallowing, breathing • Head and neck cancer • Tracheal disorders and tracheostomy • Neck lumps • Accidental damage to ears, nose and throat, including tinnitus and deafness

Colin is able to assist in both civil and criminal court cases as an expert witness in: • Dangerous dog-related matters under the Dangerous Dog Act 1991 (as amended 1997) • The Dogs Act 1871 Section 2 • The Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 pertaining to dog-related matters • The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 • Animal Welfare Act (2006) Colin is an accredited retired Police Dog Legislation Officer (DLO). As an expert witness in banned breed dog identification, Colin is able to conduct...

Building services • Air conditioning systems • Office air conditioning systems • Boiler plant & heating systems • Condensation in building fabric • Drainage & plumbing • Environments for museums & works of art • Fees for consulting engineers • Close controlled environments • Swimming pool plant & equipment • Engineering evidence

Personal injury involving the head & neck • Acoustic trauma • Cancer of the head, neck & throat • Deafness • Traumatic deafness • Ear injuries • Ear surgery • Head injury - ENT complications • Throat infections • Otolaryngology negligence • Neck injury • Member of the Expert Witness Institute • Cardiff University Certificate as Expert Witness in Civil Law Additional email: [email protected]

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 •...

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: •...

General ear, nose & throat surgery • Industrial & occupational deafness • Nasal trauma • Otology • Rhinology

Environmental noise: • Community noise problems • Sports noise • Music noise, including public entertainment licence & Environmental Protection Act hearings • Planning inquiries • Pop festivals • Transportation noise: • Prediction & expert evidence on aircraft noise • Railway noise & vibration • Road traffic noise • Architectural & building acoustics: • Building acoustics from studios to synagogues • Building services noise • Workplace & industrial noise: • Occupational hearing damage assessments & evidence • Control of plant noise &...

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.

Occupational noise & vibration exposure assessments, including historical retrospective cases • Planning & licensing matters involving noise or vibration • Forensic acoustic studies as may be required in criminal proceedings, e.g. likely audibility & intelligibility of speech

Ear, nose & throat surgery • Head & neck cancer • Head & neck tumour surgery • Thyroid surgery • Salivary gland disease • Laser surgery • Voice & swallowing disorders • Noise-induced hearing loss • Facial plastic surgery

40 years' experience in mechanical building services on housing developments, hotels, industrial, health care, education, data centre, hotel, commercial, custodial, religious, retail, hospitality and high-end residential developments covering new build, refurbishment and refitting projects • Roles at partner and director level in the design of projects and running maintenance teams • Numerous expert instructions over the past 25 years

Assisting with claims for damages following accidents or ill-health at work • Site inspections & witness statements, assessment of negligence & whether breaches of legislation have occurred • Advice on whether all reasonably practicable steps have been taken by a defendant employer • Interpretation of all occupational health & safety legislation & how this applies in any particular case

ENT interests: • Otology • Audiology • Rhinology • Paediatrics • Voice • Not cancer

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...

Mr Carr has a tertiary adult and paediatric ENT practice focusing primarily on otology, neuro-otology, hearing implantation, including cochlear implantation and lateral skull base surgery. He is interested in all aspects of ENT surgery, with a recognised area of specialism in paediatric and adult otology, including congenital and acquired hearing loss, hearing implantation, chronic ear disease, trauma, industrial deafness, tinnitus and balance. Consulting at BMI Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield.

Russell Bralsford is an expert in the fields of domestic and industrial plumbing and heating systems. Having over 50 years of experience in domestic and commercial environments, Mr Bralsford has been engaged by leading law firms, legal practices and insurance companies to give evidence and opine in cases involving poor working practices, personal injury and property damage, and the design and efficiency of plumbing and heating systems.

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...

General ENT surgery • Head & neck surgery • Head & neck oncology • Emeritus Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals No longer taking clinical negligence instructions

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

Mr Hobson frequently deals with patients with general ear, nose and throat (ENT) problems, and is particularly interested in snoring and sleep apnoea surgery, nasal problems, thyroid lumps and cancers, as well as children's ENT problems such as recurrent sore throats and deafness.

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 •...

Ear, nose, throat, head & neck surgery & medicine, including: • Deafness • Tinnitus • Balance disorders • Nasal trauma • Smell disturbance • Sinus problems • Voice problems • Tracheostomy cases • Head & neck cancers & benign tumours • General medical issues, including: • Consent • Communication • Training Additional email: [email protected]

Ear, nose & throat surgery • Rhinosinusitis • Rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis • Endoscopic sinus surgery • Nasal surgery • Hearing loss & deafness • Tinnitus • Ear surgery • Acute & chronic ear disease

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...

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...

Balance and smell impairment in head injury • Noise-induced hearing loss • Acoustic trauma • Whiplash • Mr Murty has his own private clinic providing full audiometry, balance and smell testing • More than 6,250 reports

Railway noise • Railway vibration • Environmental noise • Planning & noise • Environmental vibration • Planning & vibration • Building vibration • Building acoustics • Sound in buildings • Sound insulation • Environmental impact assessment • Entertainments noise • Entertainments licensing • Industrial noise • Noise nuisance • Vibration nuisance • Construction noise • Construction vibration

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.

Environmental noise impact assessment • Measurement of noise & vibration • Sound insulation • Road traffic noise • Railway noise • Noise, nuisance • Industrial noise • Noise, planning • Building acoustics • Recreation noise

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

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...

Also consults at: BMI Thornbury Hospital, 312 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3BR. Noise-induced hearing loss • Otology (all aspects) • Special interest in stapedectomy • Mastoid surgery • Facial nerve paralysis • Conductive deafness • Rhinoplasty • Nasal trauma • Nasal obstruction • Bat ears • Routine ENT problems (tonsillectomy, nasal septal surgery, etc.)

A Chartered Building Services Engineer and Designer with over 25 years' experience. Taking instruction as an expert witness since 2005. As the Managing Director of BSE3D Consulting Engineers, Mr Todd has worked on many large and small award-winning and complex buildings both in the UK and internationally. Supporting clients to look for alternative practical and economic solutions to any systems that require remediation. He can be most effective if he is instructed before disproportionate remedial works have...

Disputes between parties involved in the design, specification, installation, inspection, service, maintenance and commissioning of mechanical and public health building services comprising: • Air conditioning • Ventilation • Heating • HVAC controls • Renewable energy systems • Hot and cold water services • Above ground drainage, gas and water utility services

Agronomy • Single farm payment • Advice on implementation of organic & environmental schemes • Providing appraisals & assessments on the restructuring of estates & farming businesses • Providing business plans for agricultural businesses & operations • Agricultural machinery operation • Dairy parlour operation • Grain storage • Aspects involving the operation & running of agricultural businesses • Fertiliser recommendations

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

Nick is a Chartered Engineer and has been a mechanical engineer at Brookes Bell since 2005. He obtained MEng in Mechanical Engineering with Energy Studies from The University of Strathclyde in 1999. He obtained PhD in fluid mechanics research in 2005. His principal role at Brookes Bell is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for various hydrodynamic and aerodynamic projects and fire simulations. He has advised clients as an independent expert on a number of legal cases and given evidence in arbitration...

Acoustics, noise & vibration consultant • Abatement notices • Architectural/building acoustics • Building services (air-conditioning & ventilation) noise • Construction noise & vibration • Entertainment noise • Environmental noise • Expert witness • Industrial noise • Licensing • Noise nuisance • Noise surveys • Occupational hearing loss • Planning appeals & public enquiries • Sound insulation • Transportation noise

Building services engineering, mechanical & electrical • Commercial vehicles • Mechanical components & machinery failure investigations • Engineering design

Advise public & private sector clients with respect to transport planning, policy & engineering aspects of land & policy proposals & commercial & residential developments in the UK & Europe • Given evidence at High Court planning appeals, plan & CPO inquiries & Select Committee • Key areas of expertise: • Traffic & transport impact assessments • Transport policy • Green travel plans • Parking • Junction assessment & design • Traffic appraisal & modelling • Sustainable transport & development • Interchange design

Clinical negligence • Tinnitus • Noise-induced hearing loss • Facial injuries • Head & neck cancer • Thyroid surgery • Vertigo • Smell disorders • Ear, nose & throat surgery • Head & neck surgery • Nasal injuries & fractures • Voice disorders Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate (Civil & Criminal)

Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering; play areas and playgrounds; scaffolding; warehousing industry; welding; woodworking industry Mechanical design • Mechanical appliances • Mechanical engineering, including project...

Over 40 years' experience in highway design & construction with particular expertise in Department for Transport design standards, including driver visibility, stopping sight distances, horizontal & vertical curvature, crossfalls & superelevation • Experience in highway authority standards, traffic management at roadworks, traffic signs regulations, road safety audits, accident records & accident investigations

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

Mechanical & electrical building services, including: • Air conditioning • Ventilation • Heating • Hot & cold water services • Contractual disputes • Duties of parties involved in the design, installation & inspection of mechanical & electrical works

Accident investigation: • Industry & industrial premises • Construction & building • Docks • Agriculture • Transport & road traffic, highways • Offices & shops • Hospitals & nursing homes • Education • Sport & leisure • Offshore oil & gas • Occupational health & safety: • Noise-induced hearing loss (deafness) • Industrial diseases, including dermatitis • Respiratory illness, including asthma • Ergonomics & manual handling • Work-related upper limb disorder (RSI) • Slipping & tripping accidents • Ladders & scaffolding • Mechanical engineering: •...

All forms of environmental health work undertaken, including: • Environmental protection, including air pollution control • Environmental, community & occupational noise assessment & control • Investigation & resolution of statutory nuisances • Environmental assessments of new development proposals under Town & Country Planning Acts • Food poisoning investigations • Food safety audits • Food hygiene training • Housing disrepair & fitness assessments • Health & safety risk assessment & accident investigations • Policy development...

Available to give opinion on matters related to disease & disorders of the ear, nose & throat • Sub-specialisation into paediatrics & otology • Extensive work with industrial hearing loss • Tinnitus • Rhinology • Clinical Director of the Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Unit

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)

Acoustics, noise & vibration consultant • Environmental noise & planning relating to commercial, industrial & residential development • Planning inquiries • Licensing hearings & appeals • Environmental Protection Act hearings & noise nuisance assessments • Road & rail transportation noise • Leisure & entertainment noise • Sound insulation of buildings • Vibration • Gym due diligence & solution diagnostics • Hearing loss claims

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) • Industrial deafness (ID) • Acoustic trauma • Vertigo after RTA, trauma or assault • Tinnitus after RTA, trauma or assault • Loss of sense of smell after RTA, trauma or assault

Qualified canine behaviourist • Assessment of dogs suspected of being 'dangerous dogs' under Section 3 DDA 1991 and for 'type' assessment for dogs suspected of being prohibited under Section 1 of the Act • Assessment of dogs involved in cruelty cases both for defence and prosecuting authorities • Clients include Police and CPS services throughout the UK, local authorities, private solicitors, RSPCA • Highly experienced in giving expert evidence in both magistrates' and crown courts, including appeal courts

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

Environmental acoustics specialist also with extensive expertise in architectural acoustics. Specific expertise in the following areas: • Acoustics-related development planning issues • Environmental noise and vibration monitoring and assessment • Acoustic design of buildings Project-specific experience includes: • Residential, commercial and mixed-use development • Industry, infrastructure and mineral extraction • Healthcare, education and religious buildings • Leisure and entertainment venues

Industrial deafness • Occupational rhinitis • Whiplash injury • Facial & neck trauma • Loss of sense of smell & taste in trauma • Deafness & tinnitus as a result of road traffic accidents • Vertigo in trauma

Experienced consultant and expert witness in quarrying, open pit mining, geotechnical engineering (both mining and civil engineering), health and safety in quarries and mines • Chartered Mining Engineer, Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner, former Chartered Geologist • Extensive experience in consulting, contracting and managing mining and quarrying operations in both technical and production capacities • Works extensively in the UK, Europe and Africa • Expert evidence given in mineral extraction, slope stability...

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...

Paediatric ENT diseases • Diseases of the ear & hearing • Noise-induced hearing loss

John has over 30 years’ experience as an acoustic consultant, covering all aspects of acoustics. These include environmental noise and vibration surveys, planning noise and vibration impact assessments, architectural acoustics, building services acoustics, acoustic testing, computer modelling and simulation, and construction/demolition monitoring. John provides expert witness services, representing developers, local authorities, publicans and others from the entertainment industry. He has presented evidence...

Environmental noise • Community noise problems • Sports noise • Music noise, including public entertainment licence & Environmental Protection Act hearings • Planning enquiries • Transportation noise • Railway noise & vibration • Road traffic noise • Architectural & building acoustics • Building acoustics from studios to synagogues • Building services noise • Workplace & industrial noise • Occupational hearing damage assessments & evidence • Control of plant noise & vibration

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

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

After training as a marine engineer, I pursued a career in heat and mass transfer until establishing my own consulting firm. I was first retained by the Department of Energy, then by the DTI Design Advisory Service and the Production Engineering Research Association. I have since undertaken 46 plant design and build projects alongside 53 process consultancies, and completed 17 expert witness instructions. My CEng registration was predicated by the design and engineering of major projects for Alcan Aluminium,...

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...