Résumé
In the past eighteen years working with the RNIB Group I have dealt with over twelve hundred cases involving visual impairment, care, employment, rehabilitation, equipment, and environmental adaptations. In that time I have met around 1500 blind or partially sighted people. I now work as a freelance consultant. In the past twelve years I have given advice and provided reports to solicitors and counsel (including Queen’s Counsel) in over five hundred litigation cases, throughout the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and the Channel Islands, with instructions received from both Claimant and Defence (roughly 55% Claimant, 40% Defendant, and 5% Single Joint).
On a number of occasions, the individuals being assessed have had multiple disabilities, including hearing impairment, learning difficulties, and physical disabilities. I have recently been the principal expert of quantum in a multi-party action, advising on care, employment, equipment, accommodation and adaptations issues for over130 claimants. I have also been instructed in cases where the Claimant has been a visually impaired person who has suffered the loss of a spouse who has been their principal carer.
Ages of clients have ranged from 4 to 83, and three of the cases have involved child protection. I have practical experience of
On a number of occasions, the individuals being assessed have had multiple disabilities, including hearing impairment, learning difficulties, and physical disabilities. I have recently been the principal expert of quantum in a multi-
Ages of clients have ranged from 4 to 83, and three of the cases have involved child protection. I have practical experience of
environmental adaptations, having built my own house and subsequent extensions.
I have an M.A. (Logic and Moral Philosophy) from Glasgow University, and a post-graduate D.M.S, also from Glasgow University. In 1992 I completed a Cert. Ed. at Huddersfield University, and, also in 1992, I was certificated as a BS5750/ISO9000 Quality Auditor by Bywater PLC. In 2003 I wrote a paper on ‘The Social, Vocational, and Financial Implications of Adventitious Adult Sight Loss’, and in 2007 I wrote an evidential paper on the impact of loss of peripheral vision. I have had extensive in-house training from RNIB in a wide variety of issues surrounding visual impairment, and attended a number of courses on the work of Expert Witnesses, including Courtroom Skills, the Woolf Reforms, and Cross Examination, run by Bond Solon and Thomas Sands.
I have participated in numerous meetings of experts and case conferences, and given evidence in Court four times. I am a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses.
I am now a freelance specialist in sight loss implications.
I have an M.A. (Logic and Moral Philosophy) from Glasgow University, and a post-
I have participated in numerous meetings of experts and case conferences, and given evidence in Court four times. I am a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses.
I am now a freelance specialist in sight loss implications.
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