FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES OF THE YEAR 2019
FORENSIC EXPERT OF THE YEAR 2018
FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS OF THE YEAR 2017 (EXPLOSIVES)
FORENSIC EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES OF THE YEAR 2016
as a result of a poll of 100,000 solicitors and barristers carried out by Lawyer Monthly magazine.

• Expert Witness Institute (EWI) Number: 1168
• The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) Number: 8984

PUBLIC ENQUIRIES
Provision of overall forensic coordination of evidence and analysis of total expert effort in order to identify possible omissions and provision of explanations to unexplained occurrences.

TOXICOLOGY
Ricin • Insulin • Cannabis • Cocaine • Heroin • Ecstasy • Amphetamines • Designer drugs • Pharmaceuticals • Toxins • Pesticides • Chemicals • Alcohol • Illegal drugs • Trace analysis • Effects • Air rage • Fitness to drive • Impairment • Alcohol back calculations • Cause of death • Pharmacogenetics • Post mortem distribution • Medical cannabis uses • Date rape • Euthanasia.

RICIN
Extraction procedures • Dissemination • Administration • Training videos • Training manuals • Toxicity • Trace analysis • Confirmation.

DRUGS
Analysis • Purity • Identification • Pharmaceuticals • Illegal drugs • Designer drugs • Banknote contamination • Detection – laboratory • Detection – roadside • Chemical synthesis • Illegal laboratories • Counterfeit drugs • Paraphernalia • Cultivation • Growing operations • Chemical synthetic operations • Usage rates • Valuation • Growth yield • Counterfeit Viagra • Date rape.

ALCOHOL
Back calculations • Effects • Air rage • Impairment • Visual recognition of impairment • Serious injury liability • Illicit fermentation • Illicit production • Illicit distillation.

CANNABIS
Trace analysis • Chemistry • Growing operations • Growing equipment • Hash oil extraction • Identification • Paraphernalia • Valuation • Growth yield • Usage rates • Medical uses • Road traffic accident impairment • Personal usage rates.

DNA
Trace analysis • Profile comparison • Quality assurance • Contamination issues • Low copy number profile interpretation • Detailed analyses of circumstantial evidence.

SECURITY DYES
Trace analysis • Identification • Natural occurrence/legal usage • Contamination issues • Quality control.

CS SPRAYS
Trace analysis • Effects • Usage • Recommended tactics.

EXPLOSIVES
Military explosives • Commercial explosives • Improvised explosives • Bombs • Ammunition • Roadside devices • Improvised explosive device design • Improvised explosive production health and safety • Electrical circuits • Chemical synthesis • Illegal laboratories • Training manuals • Target attack principles • Training • Petrol bombs • Chemical WMD devices • Toxin WMD (Ricin) devices • Trace analysis • Contamination • Quality assurance • Car bombs • Truck bombs • LPG devices • Roadside IEDs • Timers • Booby traps • Detection • New explosives • Incompatibility of ingredients • Effects • Dirty bomb devices • Radioactive isotopes • Defence against • Destruction of aircraft • Potential stability • Effectiveness against complex targets • Trials • Demonstrations • High speed photography • Disposal • Device detection • Improvised detonators • Target selection • Target planning • Target approach • Stand-off devices • Rare examples • Military sabotage training.

MILITARY TRAINING MATTERS
Training videos • Training manuals • Firearms training • Explosives • Signals • Infantry tactics • Military equipment • NBC • Video and photographic analysis • Guerrilla tactics.

PYROTECHNICS
Military • Commercial • Improvised • Malfunctions • Disposal.

FIREWORKS
Accidents • Improvised • Ballistics • Trajectories • Failure.

INCENDIARIES (FIRE STARTING)
Military • Commercial • Improvised • Devices • Detection • Firestarting • Target attack principles • Petrol bombs • Delay timers – military • Delay timers – improvised • Effects • Thermite • Rare examples • Training manuals.

ACCELERANT RESIDUES
Improvised • Commercial • Trace analysis • Petrol bombs • Firestarting • Identification.

GUNSHOT RESIDUE
Organic • Inorganic • Trace analysis • Contamination • Quality assurance • Environmental occurrence.

CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Military • Improvised • Chemicals • Toxins (Ricin) • Devices – explosive • Devices – dissemination • Detection • Training manuals • Synthetic procedures.