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Expert served over 30 continuous years in the London Fire Brigade (LFB), UK. He gained significant experience from fire fighting and fire command to fire safety and fire investigation through service in busy LFB areas and departments. His last 11 years were spent in the LFB fire investigation (FI) department, one of the worlds premier FI departments.
He retired in 2006 to become an independent investigator and expert witness and has since that time undertaken many contracts within and outside of the UK. He is a trainer of fire investigators for the UK fire service college and a trainer of fire risk assessors for the UK Building Research Establishment. He has also trained fire investigators in the middle east.
His court reports and testimony have been key in a number of UK Courts and he is currently involved with the major terrorist bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2007.


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Product safety:
A small fire in a domestic dishwasher. There had been a recall of this type of appliance but not of this model. My involvement proved that the existing recall notice needed to be expanded to include a wider range of models.
Insurance dispute:
A tradesman without liability insurance was facing ruin after a fire that may have involved work that he had previously done. The insurance adjuster was vigorously pursuing the man for compensation. My involvement proved that the adjuster had not carried out a full and proper investigation of the fire and thus had no grounds to offset costs against the tradesman.
Falsely accused:
A man of good character stood accused of arson with intent to endanger life. He had no faith in his solicitor so found me via the internet. I found that the Police and Fire Service investigation was severely flawed. The case was dismissed.
Coffee shop:
A small fire had occurred that involved two counter-top water boilers. The fire service had decided the fire had been caused by one of the boilers. Both manufacturers denied it had been their appliance. I ascertained that niether boiler had caused the fire and that the cause had most likely been deliberate by ignition of items between the two boilers.
Terrorist bomb:
A major truck bomb blast and subsequent fire killed over 50 people. There is a dispute with regard to the insurance. I was asked by the premises owner to investigate. I have found flaws in the insurance and forensic science investigation that warrant a challenge in the civil courts. The matter is still on-going.