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Expert and consultant on complaince of electrical appliances with UK/EU legal requirements and standards. Training for suppliers. Experience of testing a wide range of domestic appliances, recall procedures and children's understanding of warngins on products.

Mr Andrew Gordon

CE Compliance Solutions

Human factors and engineering consultancy specialising in solving safety problems for  suppliers of consumer goods arising from specific complaints or compliance with regulations and standards for a very broad range of products. Particular experience in General Product Safety legal requirements, physical hazards, risk assessments. adequacy of warnings and instructions, foreseeable behaviour of children and safety expectations of consumers in general.


Research undertaken for suppliers, standards bodies, enforcement agencies or government bodies into consumer accident data sources, causes, patterns and prevention or test methods.

Consumer Risk Limited

 30 years experience of identifying and assessing physical hazards and human factors issues in very wide spectrum of domestic products and consumer facilities. Over a hundred expert witness reports written for injury claims or trading standards cases on issues including causes of accidents, foreseeable child behaviour, warnings or instructions, diligence in supply chain, risk assessments and product recalls. Reasoned interpretations given of general and specific safety expectations, published standards, safety regulations, European Directives and statutory duties of care. Opinions also given where criminal prosecutions or child care proceedings involve disputed assertions of product involvement in injuries.

Eur Ing Dr Gordon Hayward

GH Associates

Independent consultant  on mechanical testing of children's nursery products, risk assessment of toys, nursery products and other consumer products for US and EU markets. Advice and training on safety and regulatory compliance of consumer products. Auditing of factory manufacturing process and quality systems.

Expert evidence in civil & criminal cases  since 1998 involving a wide range of consumer products (including: toys, children's nursery products and electrical goods).

Mr John Trinci

Consumer Product Safety Advice Ltd