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.

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

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

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 &...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 •...

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...

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

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...

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: •...

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...

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