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Consultant and expert witness on food safety • TV & radio • Public relations spokesperson • Prosecution & defence • Due diligence defence • HACCP • Investigation of food poisoning • Travel-associated illness • Liaison with enforcement officers • Food allergy • Training • Development of training materials • E-learning • Web audits • Food supply chain management • Food safety management systems

Dr Lisa Ackerley

Hygiene Audit Systems Ltd

Materials scientist and sports technology consultant specialising in design, construction and testing of synthetic sports and playground surfaces including artificial grass, horse training tracks, tennis courts and atheletics tracks

Dr Paul Hawkins

Clothing flammability consultant and expert witness. On-body flame-testing facilities. Roller boot testing. Chief executive of SATRA

Mr Austin Simmons

SATRA

Advisor and lecturer on toxicological hazards and compliance issues for cosmetics and household chemical substances. Quality auditor for retail supply chain. Chartered Biologist and Chemist. Registered Toxicologist.

Mr Spencer Needs

SGN Consulting

Multi-expert team of consultants offering regular inspection services and expert witness services for playground equipment, indoor play structures and inflatables for local authorities, and commercial providers such as pubs, restaurants and holiday parks.

The Play Inspection Company Ltd

The Play Inspection Company Ltd

Expert and consultant on complaince of electrical appliances with UK/EU legal requirements and standards. Training for suppliers. Experience of testing a wide range of domestic appliances, recall procedures and children's understanding of warngins on products.

Mr Andrew Gordon

CE Compliance Solutions

Human factors and engineering consultancy specialising in solving safety problems for  suppliers of consumer goods arising from specific complaints or compliance with regulations and standards for a very broad range of products. Particular experience in General Product Safety legal requirements, physical hazards, risk assessments. adequacy of warnings and instructions, foreseeable behaviour of children and safety expectations of consumers in general.


Research undertaken for suppliers, standards bodies, enforcement agencies or government bodies into consumer accident data sources, causes, patterns and prevention or test methods.

Consumer Risk Limited

 30 years experience of identifying and assessing physical hazards and human factors issues in very wide spectrum of domestic products and consumer facilities. Over a hundred expert witness reports written for injury claims or trading standards cases on issues including causes of accidents, foreseeable child behaviour, warnings or instructions, diligence in supply chain, risk assessments and product recalls. Reasoned interpretations given of general and specific safety expectations, published standards, safety regulations, European Directives and statutory duties of care. Opinions also given where criminal prosecutions or child care proceedings involve disputed assertions of product involvement in injuries.

Eur Ing Dr Gordon Hayward

GH Associates