When a fire or explosion becomes a legal dispute, a court, an arbitrator or the other side needs more than a description of what happened. They need an expert who can explain, clearly and defensibly, how it started, why it spread, and who or what was responsible.
Neale Consulting provides fire investigation expert witness services for insurers, legal firms, and corporate clients.
What Our Fire and Explosion Experts Do
- Investigate and Give an Independent Opinion: on origin, cause and spread, as a fire cause and origin expert.
- Review the Work of Other Investigators: the report, scene data, photographs, and evidence already collected.
- Answer the Specific Questions that Decide the Case: the fuel involved, mechanical failure, whether fire protection systems worked as designed, and whether a product contributed to the fire’s growth.
- Prepare Clear Reports and Give Testimony: at hearings and trial.
Why an Engineering-Led Expert?
Many disputes turn on whether something failed, and why. Neale is a mechanical engineering consultancy with more than five decades of history in failure investigation and tribology, so our fire investigation experts in collaboration with our engineers can examine the failed component, the material, and the mechanism as well as the burn damage.
Our role is to go beyond describing what happened and deliver insights that can shape the outcome of your case.
From Investigation to Testimony
Our involvement can run from the first review of the evidence, through a written expert report, to deposition, hearing or trial testimony where needed.
Disputes We Support
- Subrogation claims against manufacturers, installers, and contractors.
- Product liability and warranty disputes.
- Insurance claims and coverage disagreements.
- Wildfire and utility liability.
- Multi-party disputes following industrial fires and explosions.
Need a Fire Investigation Expert Witness?
Talk to us early, ideally before the scene is altered or evidence is moved. Contact us now.
How can we help you?
