Expert Details

Mobility Assessments of People with Disabilities

ID: 727795 United Kingdom

Expert is able to carry out mobility assessments of the elderly and disabled to determine a mobility solution for vehicles and wheelchairs to support a claim for compensation.

Produce detailed court presentable reports together with financial and photographic evidence

I have been on assignments to mainland Europe and Singapore carrying out mobility assessments for solicitors and hospitals resulting in equipment costings, depreciation calculations and forward predictions on costs especially for that of disabled children.Since starting my own practice I have been preparing jointly instructed reports with instructions from claimants and defendants and prepare joint documents with my counterparts on a regular basis. I have attended court on several occasions to support my reports working with barristers and lawyers mainly at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2000	Degree: M.E.W.I.	Subject: Expert witness	Institution: Member of the Expert Witness Institute
Year: 1997	Degree: M.I.M.I.	Subject: Motor Industry	Institution: Member of the Institute of the Motor Industry

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2009 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Mobility Consultant	Department:
Responsibilities: He carries out assessments on Elderly and disabled clients
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1986 to 2008	Employer: Steering Developments Ltd	Title: Chairman/Mobility Consultant	Department:
Responsibilities: He was responsible for all activities of running the business as well as carring out mobility assessments

Government Experience

Years	Agency	Role	Description
Years: 2007 to 2007	Agency: Motability	Role: Speaker	Description: Key note speaker at the European Mobility Debate – London
Years: 2008 to 2008	Agency: SIM University	Role: Instructor/facilitator	Description: Achieving Mobility – Engineering Solutions for Senior Citizens and the Physically Challenged

International Experience

Years	Country / Region	Summary
Years: 2008 to 2008	Country / Region: Singapore	Summary: speaker and facilitator at the SIM University in Singapore. A more recent engagement is to be a keynote speaker at the 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in Singapore in December 2008.
Years: 2009 to 2009	Country / Region: Malta	Summary: Seminar at Malta Hospice movement – Passenger solutions
Years: 2005 to 2005	Country / Region: Greece	Summary: Visiting and assessing spinal injury client in Thessalonika Greece for a compensation case.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Member of the Institute of the Motor Industry Member of the Expert Witnesses Institute

Licenses / Certifications
M.I.M.I. M.E.W.I.

Professional Appointments
Chairman and Director of Steering Developments Group Ltd. President of the European Mobility Group (EMG)

Awards / Recognition
Notable Events: 1962-1967 5-year apprenticeship with Vauxhall Motors Luton achieving H.N.C. Engineering qualification. 1967-1980 Working in aerospace and automotive industry culminating as Research & Development Manager for British Leyland steering and suspension manufacturer. 1982-1984 Secured Government sponsorship for developing electronic methods of assessing disabled people and the development of adaptive equipment. 1987 Royal Corps of Transport Safety Award for the development of joystick steering for severely disabled people

Awards / Recognition

Notable Events:
1962-1967 5-year apprenticeship with Vauxhall Motors Luton achieving
H.N.C. Engineering qualification.
1967-1980 Working in aerospace and automotive industry culminating as Research &
Development Manager for British Leyland steering and suspension manufacturer.
1982-1984 Secured Government sponsorship for developing electronic methods of
assessing disabled people and the development of adaptive equipment.
1987 Royal Corps of Transport Safety Award for the development of joystick
steering for severely disabled people

Publications and Patents Summary
2008 Public Seminar – Driving Assessment & Rehabilitation Programme – Tan Toc Seng Hospital – Singapore March 08. Instructor/facilitator – Achieving Mobility – Engineering Solutions for Senior Citizens and the Physically Challenged – SIM University – Singapore March 08.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert is a qualified expert witness being a member of The Expert Witness Institute for over 10 years. Over 200 reports have been written which include photographic evidence, and where appropriate, vehicle test drives both in the UK and Germany

Training / Seminars
Continual Professional Development: 1998 Excellence in report writing – Bond Solon 1998 Basic Law for Expert Witnesses 2000 Wider Mobility Level 1 University of Greenwich 2002 Codes of Guidance on Expert Evidence – Bond Solon 2002 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Wheelchair Assessment 2002 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Pressure Relief Devices 2003 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Mobility & Seating for the Elderly 2003 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Principles of Seating & Positioning 2003 Wheelchair Provision for Professional Practice Level 3 University Greenwich 2004 - 05 CAPI Project (Car Adaptation Protocol Initiative) European regulations 2008 Trust investment review programme for Care managers.

Training / Seminars

Continual Professional Development:
1998 Excellence in report writing – Bond Solon
1998 Basic Law for Expert Witnesses
2000 Wider Mobility Level 1 University of Greenwich
2002 Codes of Guidance on Expert Evidence – Bond Solon
2002 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Wheelchair Assessment
2002 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Pressure Relief Devices
2003 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Mobility & Seating for the Elderly
2003 Sunrise Medical STEPS training program Principles of Seating & Positioning
2003 Wheelchair Provision for Professional Practice Level 3 University Greenwich
2004 - 05 CAPI Project (Car Adaptation Protocol Initiative) European regulations
2008 Trust investment review programme for Care managers.

Vendor Selection
Expert has been on assignments to mainland Europe and Singapore carrying out mobility assessments for solicitors and hospitals resulting in equipment costings, depreciation calculations and forward predictions on costs especially for that of disabled children. I have recently been engaged as a keynote speaker for the European Mobility Debate in London and as a speaker and facilitator at the SIM University in Singapore. A more recent engagement is to be a keynote speaker at the 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in Singapore in December 2008.

Vendor Selection

Expert has been on assignments to mainland Europe and Singapore carrying out mobility assessments for solicitors and hospitals resulting in equipment costings, depreciation calculations and forward predictions on costs especially for that of disabled children.

I have recently been engaged as a keynote speaker for the European Mobility Debate in London and as a speaker and facilitator at the SIM University in Singapore. A more recent engagement is to be a keynote speaker at the 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in Singapore in December 2008.

Marketing Experience
Since starting my own practice I have been preparing jointly instructed reports with instructions from claimants and defendants and prepare joint documents with my counterparts on a regular basis. I have attended court on several occasions to support my reports working with barristers and lawyers mainly at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. These reports cover a wide range of clients with spinal injury, brain damage, cerebral palsy, amputations and degenerate conditions including dementure, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy and many gene deficiency disablements.

Marketing Experience

Since starting my own practice I have been preparing jointly instructed reports with instructions from claimants and defendants and prepare joint documents with my counterparts on a regular basis. I have attended court on several occasions to support my reports working with barristers and lawyers mainly at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

These reports cover a wide range of clients with spinal injury, brain damage, cerebral palsy, amputations and degenerate conditions including dementure, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy and many gene deficiency disablements.

Other Relevant Experience
Teaching and speaker engagements 2007 Key note speaker at the European Mobility Debate – London 2008 Public Seminar – Driving Assessment & Rehabilitation Programme – Tan Toc Seng Hospital – Singapore March 08. 2008 Instructor/facilitator – Achieving Mobility – Engineering Solutions for Senior Citizens and the Physically Challenged – SIM University – Singapore March 08. 2008 Invited speaker at the International Conference of BioMedical Engineering The assessment of severely disabled people to verify their competence to drive a motor vehicle with evidenced based protocols – Singapore December 08. 2009 Seminar at Tessa Gough Associates – Vehicle adaptations – London January 09. 2009 Seminar at Malta Hospice movement – Passenger solutions – Balzan April 09.

Other Relevant Experience

Teaching and speaker engagements
2007 Key note speaker at the European Mobility Debate – London
2008 Public Seminar – Driving Assessment & Rehabilitation Programme –
Tan Toc Seng Hospital – Singapore March 08.
2008 Instructor/facilitator – Achieving Mobility – Engineering Solutions for Senior Citizens and the Physically Challenged – SIM University – Singapore March 08.
2008 Invited speaker at the International Conference of BioMedical Engineering
The assessment of severely disabled people to verify their competence to drive a motor vehicle with evidenced based protocols – Singapore December 08.
2009 Seminar at Tessa Gough Associates – Vehicle adaptations – London January 09.
2009 Seminar at Malta Hospice movement – Passenger solutions – Balzan April 09.

Fields of Expertise

disability assessment, ambulation assessment, impairment evaluation