Expert Witness Services
Litigation associated with the safe and efficient provision of downstream services to a gas customer involves the deployment of significant resources for an organisation defending any action.
The highly regulated nature of the gas industry and the safety-related consequences of poor workmanship/management of effort can leave companies exposed to prosecution Sometimes this is justified and sometimes it is unjustified.
The gas industry invokes an extensive number of operational procedures to deliver services to customers in a safe and effective manner. It is, very often, a knowledge of how and why these are being implemented that protects an organisation from being blamed for a gas-related incident downstream of the meter.
Therefore, businesses finding themselves in such a situation, and indeed the legal representatives they engage for their defence, are wise to employ capable expert witness provision.
In particular, it is the expert who is familiar with the current standards, regulations and industry practices that offers the most useful and cost effective service rather than the person whose association with the industry is more remote.
Such experts are available from Downstream Gas.
Each of the Directors has had considerable experience in the field of incident investigation, the application of operational procedures and representation as an expert for a variety of clients. In addition, our business has access to others no less expert in the field.
One specific area where our expertise can be applied is in advising a legal practice whether a gas related case should come, or be allowed to come, to court at all. This preliminary assessment can offer a business, or an individual client, an objective recommendation whether there is justification for, or otherwise, a court case to follow. This would be based upon an up to date knowledge of installation and servicing procedures related to a record of the events associated with any incident.
For further details of the expert witness service offered by Downstream Gas please contact us using the email address queries@downstreamgas.co.uk