Expert Details
Meteorology, RTA's Storm Damage, Personal Injury, Criminal Cases,
ID: 728058
United Kingdom
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 |
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| Year: 1971 | Degree: no degrees | Subject: Meteorology | Institution: Met Office |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| 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. |
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| 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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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Bulgaria | Summary: RTA on ice with strong winds causing inhury to passengers of a coach. |
| Years: 1953 to 1955 | Country / Region: Singapore and Car Nicobar | Summary: Weather observer at RAF airfields. |
| Years: 1959 to 1963 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: Weather observer at RAF airfield. |
| Years: 1975 to 1978 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: Forecaster for Army Aviation, helicopters. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| 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 ) |
| Training / Seminars |
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| TRAINING. Met Office 1951 Observer course. Met. Office 1966 initial forecasting course. Met. Office 1971 Advanced forecasting course. Met Office further refresher courses 1971 to 1986 Lectures on expert witness reports and in court Academy of Experts Forensic Science Society. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Weather data from The Met. Office, Data sources on the internet. Royal Meteorological Society data from private meteorologists. Road traffic accident statistics from Police and County Councils. CCTV |