Sentinel has accumulated considerable experience in working closely with specialist lawyers in criminal and civil cases throughout the UK.

We provide a high level of expertise in the fields of food safety and occupational health & safety and work alongside solicitors and insurers.

With extensive experience in producing expert witness reports and giving oral evidence in court. Our consultants as chartered practitioners combine experience in industry and enforcement agencies, with knowledge of court procedures and the role of the expert witness. We have provided expert witness reports and given oral evidence at trials with respect to a wide range of health & safety and food safety matters, including experience of lengthy cross examinations.

We are fully conversant with the Criminal and Civil Procedure Rules and have acted as Single Joint Experts. Areas of further expertise include:

Food Safety Food poisoning Food Hygiene & Safety Prosecutions Foreign body complaints and pest infestation Food quality or composition complaints Emergency prohibition, food detention and condemnation Crisis management: Product withdrawal or recall Due diligence defences	Health & Safety Health & Safety Prosecutions Workplace fatalities Major Injuries & dangerous occurrences Workplace accidents and injury investigation Unsafe workplaces and practices Manual handling Risk assessment Risk management Prohibition and Improvement Notices

 

"In a health and safety prosecution of one of our supermarket clients, Himmat Rai's thorough report and authoritative evidence at the trial were important factors in our client's aquittal on all seven charges"


Margetts and Ritchie Solicitors