Dr Laurence Ball MSc PhD MSRA MIRM GradIOSH
Risk Management Consultant
Dr Laurence Ball provides expert witness services, consulting and training to companies and government departments wishing to understand cutting-edge concepts in risk decision-making. He has extensive knowledge of risk management and its application to public life, sports and leisure.
He holds a PhD in Risk Management from King's College London, an Msc in the same subject from Middlesex University, and a BA from Warwick University.
He has presented at international risk management conferences and published a number of academic papers on public safety and risk management, risk assessment, OSH, risks and benefits of leisure, and proportionate risk management.
His areas of expertise include:
- • Accident investigation
- • Accident prevention
- • Accidental injuries
- • Adventure activities safety
- • Canal safety
- • Countryside safety
- • Consumer safety
- • Safety in education
- • Safety in physical education
- • Falls accident investigation
- • Water slides safety
- • Historic environment
- • Safety in industry
- • Leisure activities safety
- • Leisure accident investigation
- • Local authorities safety
- • National Parks public safety
- • Occupational safety
- • Sports injuries
- • Playground injuries
Dr Ball can take instructions on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert.