Geoffrey M Beresford Hartwell

Arbitration, Mediation, Adjudication Determinative Expertise and other Dispute Resolution.
Engineering Design and Project Management
Technical Investigation and Troubleshooting
Expert Witness in UK and Overseas.

Power Generation (Nuclear and Conventional), Supply And Distribution.
Water and Wastewater Treatment; Solid Waste Handling, Pumping.
Oil and Petrochemical Plant, Pipelines, Pumping.
Machinery; Manufacturing and Process Plant
Hydraulic Machinery

Marine Works :
Moving Bridges, Maritime and Water Control Structures;
Production Rigs, Shipbuilding and construction.
Roll-on Roll-off Berths,

Data management:
Capture, Handling, Conversion And Manipulation.Digital Cartography

Instrumentation and control system design and performance; Radio Propagation..
Computer applications; Digital Cartography

Classes of Disputes:
Geoffrey Hartwell has acted (in UK and internationally) as an arbitrator and adjudicator, as an expert mediator and conciliator, as an expert investigator and assessor for arbitral tribunals and also as a Special Referee in the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man.

As an Expert witness and technical advisor to legal teams, he has experience of both civil and criminal cases and has been called to assist Courts on technical issues by both Prosecution and Defence as well as acting as Single Joint Expert under Rule 35.7 CPR (England and Wales)..

He advises technically upon a variety of contractual matters (at the contract stage and also when problems and differences have arisen)*.
Subjects have included:

Power Stations - Construction, Boilers and Machinery, Performance Evaluation and Costing, Computer Control Systems, Welding, Lagging.
Water and Sewage Treatment - Chemistry, Performance, Construction
Waste Disposal
Pharmaceutical Chemical Manufacture
Automated Mechanical handling
Drawings and Designs, Copyright; Patent Validity and Licensing Agreements
Maritime Installations
Computer Systems and Equipment,
Ship's Electrical Systems
Corrosion of Packaging Machinery
Construction of Swimming Pools
Railway Equipment and Rolling Stock
Process Plant
Electrical Accidents, Fires, Death by Electric Shock
Delays and Disruption in Construction Contracts
International Sub-Contracting & Contracting

International Experience:
Geoffrey Hartwell has experience of the following jurisdictions:
Bahrain, Czech Republic, England and Wales, France, Hong Kong, India, Irish Republic, Isle of Man, Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Qatar, Scotland, S.Korea, Singapore, Switzerland