Forensic Factors
Consulting Engineers and Scientists
UK OFFICE :
Chiltern House, 45 Station Road, Henley-upon-Thames RG9 1AT
Tel: +44 (0) 1491 845355
INTERNATIONAL: Regional hubs covering Europe, Turkey, MENA, the Caribbean & Latin America
with the capacity to support additional territories upon specific instruction.
24/7 CONTACT:
casework@forensicfactors.org.uk
forensicfactors@gmail.com
Centrally monitored by all regional hubs
DOES THE INCIDENT SCENE MEET LOCAL STANDARD?
Whether a winter or summer holiday, the most common investigation centres on a claim made under UK Law via The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. Heard before a UK Court, its adjudication is judged on what constitutes the exercise of reasonable skill and care in the performance of the holiday contract defined by the local standard that applied in the resort on the date and at the time of the. incident.
In other jurisdictions, the evidential test applied may be different.
TYPES OF STANDARDS INVESTIGATED
All types of incident considered but most common investigations include: balcony falls; floor slips; pool features; carbon monoxide poisoning; access routes including stairways and ramps; fire precautions, lighting, electrical shock and chemical incidents
COUNTRIES IN WHICH WE WORK
Our service is specific to the country, resort and type of incident - more details available on professional request
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS?
Are the products of merchantable quality?
Does the equipment comply with technical standards?
Did the goods perform correctly or as advertised?
Was the service sub-standard or rogue trader behaviour?
Are there technical grounds for a criminal prosecution or a defence?
Was the product type approval to specification?
Should the faulty product have been recalled, how and at what cost?
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDING:
Standards of electrical installation work
Toys and play areas
Domestic electrical appliance performance and faults
Gas safety and carbon monoxide poisoning
Counterfeiting investigations
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WHAT QUESTION(S) DO YOU NEED ANSWERED?
Which of the people in the motorway pile up was driving?
Should the airbag have gone off?
Which side of the white line was the car on when the crash occurred?
What speed was it travelling? What direction was it going?
How quickly or slowly did the driver react? When did the pedestrian spot the bus?
When did the lorry load slip and roll it over?
Could collision have been avoided?
Were the headlamps working? Did the seat belt pretensioner activate?
How did the coach fire start?
Was this a suspicious collision?
Does the technical evidence meet the test for corporate manslaughter?
TECHNIQUES:
A range of investigative processes and lines of enquiry can be involved:
scene examination, evidence gathering & interpretation (scuffs, scores, skids)
tachograph analysis manual and computer-aided calculation;
filmed reconstruction and 3-D graphic visualisation
pedestrian and debris trajectory analysis collision damage, energy, momentum balance, evidence transfer correlation of collision evidence to injury seat belt,
airbag examination and electronic module analysis
'First glance' assessment (outline study & identification of needs)
Standards search (identification of standards relevant to incident)
Technical translation (European & world language options available)
Opinion (desktop study of documents & photographs)
Research (study of subject material relevant to issue)
Call-out (rapid response recording of evidence under threat of loss)
Inspection (comprehensive site study, location surveying & on-site enquiries)
Computer-aided reconstruction calculations & analysis)
Filming (video recording, graphics & explanatory content)
Investigation (comprehensive investigation & reporting)
Test (investigation supported by case-defined experimentation)
in the specialist subject areas:
Health, safety & technical standards & risk assessment projects
Worldwide standards compliance & testing
Municipal technical certification & licensing
Practical behaviour of components, materials, systems & products
Mechanical, electrical & chemical forensic investigation
Operation of energy transfer mechanisms
Suspected electrical causes of fire
Advanced film & video reconstruction & analysis
Vehicle, product & service incidents , fractures & failures
Consumer investigations
RESEARCH: Long-term studies currently in progress include:
- Accurate photographic portrayal of incident scene illumination
- Theory & practice of technical standards enforcement & implementation across the EU and beyond
- Carbon monoxide poisoning analysis & reconstruction methods
- Biomechanics of falls including balcony edge protection
- Evaluation & comparison of slip resistance standards & state of technical knowledge across international boundaries
- Computer modelling as an aid to incident reconstruction failure patterns, defect categorisation & trends in consumer products
- Variance between technical standards & practice in the application of slip resistant features to bath vessels and shower trays
COVERAGE OF THE LATEST ISSUES THROUGH THE F0RENSIC LENS APPEARS ON:
Factorial Forensics - The Podcast®