Simon Quinton Smith has been acting as an expert witness for over 15 years in rent reviews, lease renewals and generally in regard to values whether they relate to planning issues, compensation issues or tax issues.

In December 2011 he completed a 6 day course to become an accredited expert witness in his field.

The course was run by Bond Solon and topics included report writing, court room skills, civil law and procedure and was attended by doctors, nurses, fire officers, engineers and a tree surgeon.

He can provide expert witness advice for the following businesses:

• Garden Centres
• Nurseries
• Pets & Aquatics
• Farm Shops
• Soft Fruit & Mushroom farms
• Landscape businesses

He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a specialist panel valuer for horticulture to the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Plc and to other lending institutions, and an accredited expert of the Academy of Experts.