My experience as an expert witness includes providing in excess of 250 reports. These cases are distributed between England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man. The cases involve custody sectors of police, prison, mental health, immigration, SIA security staff and the children's sector. (Custody commences from the point of initial contact and arrest.) My main topic is police custody from the point of arrest to final disposal. My main subject matters are: • Deaths (10)...

Forensic fire engineer with specific expertise in building defects, supported by an international company. The role of the fire engineer and development of fire strategy design • Iterative development of fire strategy throughout RIBA stages • Approvals processes (including fire services) • Engagement with other stakeholders and contractors Building regulations and design guidance • The Building Regulations, including Building (Scotland) Regulations, and the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland), both current...

Leading world authority in martial arts and police arrest: dealing with cases involving violence, murder and use of force, hand weapons, assaults, self defence issues. Cases involve both civil and criminal litigation in these types of area. Mr Finn is a well known author and writer. He published the first Home Office-approved book on Police Arrest. He is trained in giving evidence in court, report writing and responsibilities of a single joint expert. He has over 50 years' experience in his field. He is an...

Probably the most sought-after expert in his field. Instructed in claimant, defendant and criminal cases for Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Government Legal Department, Prison Officers Association and other firms of solicitors • Experienced in single joint expert instructions and giving evidence at inquests • Expert in all aspects of self-defence, physical restraint, personal safety and martial arts, including control and restraint systems taught to police, prison, hospital (including secure), schools and...

Forensic medicine & pathology • Pathology • Homicide • Accidental death • Suicide • Physical assault • Non-accidental injury • Industrial injury • Hospital treatment • Sudden death • Unexpected death • Clinical forensic medicine • Prison deaths Criminal Justice Secure Mail: [email protected]

Darrell has many years of offering his expert opinion on numerous facets of the drugs industry, including: • Bulking agents • Cannabis cultivation & concentrates • Cash • Chemsex arena • Conspiracies • County lines • Dealer lists • International trafficking • Drug environments & arenas • Duress • Market influences • Hierarchy • Normalisation of drug supply & consumption • Packing of controlled drugs • Prison issues • POCA valuation • Commodities & environments • Reward wages • Roles & responsibilities • Safe houses • Principles of drug supply • Perception...

Director with 20 years' experience as a Fire Consultant (UK, Ireland, South America, Middle East projects), based in Dublin but working in the UK and Ireland, with specific expertise in building defects (internal and external). Expertise includes, but not limited to: 1. The role of the fire engineer and development of fire strategy design • Iterative development of fire strategy throughout RIBA stages • Approvals processes (including fire services) • Engagement with other stakeholders and contractors 2. Building...

Illicit drug supply including: • Drug valuations, including POCA • Social supply • Street dealing • County lines • Chemsex • Interpretation of communications and notations (including encrypted) • Organised crime • Cannabis cultivation • Illicit drugs laboratories • Urban street gangs • Street slang Firearms supply, including: • Valuations • Methodologies of importation and supply • Slang

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

Medico-legal reports concerning all aspects of general medical practice • Medical records • Medical ethics • Medical disputes • Personal injury, including road traffic accident & whiplash injuries • Falling, tripping & slipping accidents • Medico-legal aspects of circumcision • Medical competence, accidents & negligence • Prescribing & dispensing errors • Therapeutic misadventure • General medical reports in asylum, refugee & immigration cases • Home & prison visits • Coroner • Death certificates • Inquests • Refugees • Asylum • Immigration...

Heroin • Crack cocaine • Cocaine • MDMA • Class B drugs • Cannabis and amphetamine • Powder and crystal forms • Drug testing • Drugs trafficking • Organised crime

Cultural expertise on Afghanistan and Pakistan • Forensic verification of questioned documents from Afghanistan and Pakistan • Authentication of documents issued in Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Urdu • Language analysis to determine origin and nationality • Forensic linguistic authentication and authorship analysis • Expertise of human rights, safety, internal relocation, protection matters and access to treatment

Fire & explosion investigation in domestic & commercial properties • Lightweight & commercial vehicles & machinery, including agricultural & construction plant • Identifying fires caused by deliberate acts, manufacturing defects, poor maintenance & repairs, construction work & electrical faults in distribution equipment, appliances & fixtures • Investigated several large complex fires involving large storage & distribution warehouses, retail units, factories & construction sites • Kitchen ducting extraction fires •...

Drug testing • Alcohol test calculations • Toxicological interpretation • Clinical toxicology • Forensic toxicology • Alcohol • Drugs • Drugs & driving • Substance misuse • Drug-facilitated crime • Child custody • Drugs - licit & illicit • Drugs & personal injury • Insurance reports