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Expert witness services for asset, product and materials failures and disputes

Independent engineering experts delivering clear, defensible technical opinions for litigation, arbitration and insurance disputes

RINA provides qualified expert witness services supporting litigation, arbitration and insurance claims involving engineering, materials performance, product failures and asset integrity issues. Our specialists combine deep technical expertise with the rigour, clarity and professionalism required in legal proceedings. 

With more than 30 years of investigative experience across multiple sectors, our experts deliver objective, evidence‑based assessments and clearly articulated opinions that stand up to scrutiny in both written statements and oral testimony. 

 

RINA asset integrity services

 

Our expert witness capabilities 

  • Highly trained experts: our expert witnesses have years of specialist experience and have undergone specific training for the preparation and presentation of written and verbal opinion during legal proceedings. 
  • Independent and impartial assessments: our expert witnesses offer clear, defensible opinions supported by robust data, forensic methodology and established Root Cause Analysis principles. 
  • Proven experience in complex disputes: we support law firms, insurers, manufacturers, owner/operators and loss adjustors in cases involving a wide range of asset, product and material failures caused by design, manufacturing, installation and operations and maintenance issues. 

Areas of expertise 

Critical rotating machinery

RINA provides expert witness services covering a wide range of turbomachinery, including (but not limited to) gas, steam and wind turbines; compressors, pumps, fans and blowers; and all associated components and operating systems.

Transmission and distribution

RINA provides Expert Witness services covering a wide range of transmission and distribution assets, their associated components, and the systems in which they operate. This includes (but is not limited to) low‑voltage (LV) and high‑voltage (HV) cables and cable systems; joints and terminations (land and sub‑sea); switchgear, transformers, overhead lines, electrical distribution systems, substations and power modules.

Mechanical and pressure systems

RINA provides Expert Witness services covering a wide range of mechanical and pressure system assets, their associated components and operating systems, including (but not limited to) pressure equipment, pipework, steam boilers, heat exchangers, reactors, steam reformers, furnaces, valves, tanks, structures and industrial driers.

Manufacturing, electronics, control systems and consumer products

RINA provides Expert Witness services covering a wide range of manufacturing, electronics, control systems and consumer products. This includes (but is not limited to) Data Centre equipment and associated systems, assets and components; material failures; lithium‑ion and lead‑acid batteries; sensors, LV instrumentation and control systems; HVAC systems; electrical wiring; and smoke alarms and other safety devices.

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