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Meteorology, RTA's Storm Damage, Personal Injury, Criminal Cases,

ID: 728058 United Kingdom

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Expert was a weather observer from 1951 to 1966 at military airfields in the UK Far East and Germany. He was promoted to forecaster in 1966 and served at mainly miitary sirfields in the UK and overseas from 1966 to 1984. From 1984 to 1988 he was employed in the legal section of the UK Met. Office at HQ Bracknell. ( Now in Exeter ) In 1986 he was promoted to Senior Scientific Officer and ran the section. The section privided weather reports on all mannner of civil and criminal cases. Expert has appeared in criminal and civil courts as an expert on the weather on a number of occasions. In 1988 he left the Met. Office to start Expert-Expert, forensic meteorologist.

Since 1988 Expert has prepared weather reports on murder, manslaughter rape GBH ABH drug smuggling, Road traffic accidents. burglary etc. Civil cases, personal injury in aircraft., in shops, in icy surfaces, road traffic accidents on wet and icy roads, RTA's in bright sunlight, in fog, Storms. Storm damage to buildings due to high winds.

Notable Cases in which weather reports have been prepared: Penhaligon V Cornwall CC. R V Agis ( Dreamspace ) Body in a box near Andover ( murder ) . Injury to Airline Hostesses on floghts UK USA and Atlantic Ocean near W. Africa,. Goods v E. Sussex CC ( RTA appealed to the House of Lords )

Expert has appeared on TV in Science Detectives on channel 4. RTA involving fog and a 60 vehicle pile up on the A1(m).

Penhaligon V Cornwall CC. . Goods v E. Sussex CC ( RTA appealed to the House of Lords )
R V Agis ( Dreamspace ) Manslaughter. Plastic structure lifted off the ground, inujuring twenty people and killing two. Body in a box near Andover ( murder ) Weather data and opinion supplied to enable a time/ date of death by a pathologist.Injury to Airline Hostesses on flights UK USA and Atlantic Ocean near W. Africa,.On descent into Cgicago, turbulence occurred and caused injury to an Air Hostess.
Turbulence off West Africa caused injury to an Air Hostess. Turbulence
off Scotland and Miami caused injury to an Air HostessRTA Goodes v E. Sussex CC Vehicle slid on ice and hit the parapet of a bridge causing severe injury. The CC sued for not gritting the road. Case decided in the Hiuse of Lords on appeal.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1971 Degree: no degrees Subject: Meteorology Institution: Met Office

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1988 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Forensic Meteorologist Department:
Responsibilities:
He is responsible for the preparation of weather reports for criminal and civil cases, court attendance as expert witness.
All office admin.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1951 to 1988 Employer: Meteorological. Office Title: Head of Legal Enquiries Department: Legal Enquiries
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for the preparation of weather reports for legal cases Attending court as an expeet witness.Overseeing 9 staff members.

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Expert Witness Experience
Notable Cases in which weather reports have been prepated: Penhaligon V Cornwall CC. R V Agis ( Dreamspace ) Body in a box near Andover ( murder ) . Injury to Airline Hostesses on flights UK USA and Atlantic Ocean near W. Africa,. Goods v E. Sussex CC ( RTA appealed to the House of Lords )

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