Our Services

Litigation and Planning

The impact of ground conditions is often the central core of deliberation in the legal arenas of the court and planning tribunals. Our staff have acted as expert witnesses in the Court of Session, Scottish Lands Tribunal, various Public Inquiries and in Arbitration. Cases we have been involved in include:

A80 - Auchenkilns Road Collapse - investigations and reporting on causation of major road failure (pile collapse), acting for insurers and Loss Adjusters
Pollokshields East Railway Station - advising Loss Adjusters on mine related collapse
South East Wedge, Edinburgh - providing expert advice on land development to Planning Inquiry
Airdrie Mineshaft Collapse - providing expert witness support to case against the Coal Authority on behalf of claimants
Dun Law Windfarm - providing expert opinion on construction claim relating to aggregate suitability
South East Stirling - providing expert witness testimony relative to land development potential
Springfield Road, Barrhead - advising East Renfrewshire Council on developer submissions on 'abnormal' geo-environmental costs
Menstrie Slope Failure - providing expert opinion for a Loss Adjuster on the causation of a slope failure and the design of remedial solutions
Doune - advising land owner on appropriate abnormal development costs in preparation for arbitration.