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 •...

Vehicle, plant & machinery fires • Escape of water (water leak) investigation • Mechanical failure investigation • Personal injury • Road traffic collisions

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

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

Escapes of water, oil and gas • Mechanical engineering • Building fires • Explosions • Vehicle, plant and machinery fires • White goods appliance fires • Composites • Glass and ceramics • Plastics and polymers • Manual handling

Valuation of plant & machinery for: • Insurance purposes • Open market values • Experience in: • Machine tools • Contractors plant • Brewery industry • Printing • Textiles • Motor vehicles

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...

Expertise in firearms & video imagery material • 20+ years as full-time forensic scientist • 40+ years' experience of firearms, 20 years' experience of imagery material Identification, testing, research & classification of firearms (including pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, air guns, machine guns, antique firearms), ammunition, stun guns & pyrotechnics • Microscopic comparison of bullets & cartridge cases to suspect gun • Toolmarks • Examination of crime scenes, clothing, vehicles for gunshot damage, lines of...

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...

Accident investigation • Permit to work & isolation • Machinery safety & guarding • Work at height & falling objects • Workplace transport • Confined space entry • Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM) • Safety management systems • Culture & behavioural safety • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE

BioMark Forensics arranges experts for the legal profession, including in legally aided cases. Our Case Manager has over 30 years’ experience in forensics, including as an expert herself, so we understand the system and what is needed. The experts we provide have many years’ experience in their respective fields, produce comprehensive reports and are proficient at Court. Evidence covered includes: • Alcohol back calculations • Audio evidence • Blood pattern analysis • CCTV evidence • Collision investigation • Computer...

All technical & contractual matters, costings, manufacture, installation & associated trades relating to joinery, timber & woodwork • Inspection & reporting upon defective & alleged defective works • Movement, shrinkage & quality issues • Preparation of expert witness reports in compliance with CPR Part 35 • Preparation of documentation for adjudication & mediation • Analysis of specifications, contractual documentation, architect's or designer's drawings & costings • Expert opinion in relation to matters of cost, variation...

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

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...

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)

Consultant Forensic Engineer & expert witness undertaking the investigation of engineering incidents & personal injury accidents for commercial, legal & insurance clients • Provision of independent & impartial expert witness evidence • Mechanical, metallurgical & non-metallic materials (i.e. polymer, composite, rubber, glass & ceramic materials) based investigations • Forensic investigations both on-site & laboratory based • Component failure analysis, including expertise in fractography & electron microscopy (SEM) •...

Forensic Equity is a leading provider of forensic science services. With well over 1,000 years of combined experience, our forensic scientists cover all of the major forensic disciplines. All of our services and fee rates are suitable for legal aid applicants. We are always happy to receive case papers and will assess them and provide an initial opinion without charge. Accounting Mark Holdsworth FMAAT CFE MAE Robert Miller BSc(Hons) FCA MAE Biology Nigel Hodge BSc BTh DipPS John Page BA MSBiol CBiol PGDipSciSoc...

Mechanical engineering • Mechanical failure • Product failure • Pneumatic engineering • Hydraulic engineering • Automotive engineering • Personal protective equipment • Classic vehicles • 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;...

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

Personal injury • Product liability • Professional negligence claims • Environmental health • Consumer protection • Building & construction problems & safety • Playground accidents • Ladder accidents • Structures & structural engineering • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Agricultural & horticultural • Manufacturing industries • Electrical safety • Chemical safety • Industrial diseases • Musculoskeletal disorders & RSI • Slips, trips & falls • Fork-lift trucks • Guards & guarding systems • Factory accidents Experts in the...