As an exceptional source of expert witnesses we have provided the necessary input to cases in Australia, U.S.A and the U.K.
ExITS International and ExITS Australia perform root cause analysis and engineering Expert Witness services to industrial, legal, and insurance firms to determine the cause of accidents, incidents and product failures, and are now able to offer the expertise of forensic engineers.
ExITS Australia has in excess of 25 years experience in the electrical, instrumentation and control systems requirements of the oil and gas, mining and other heavy industries, and has been involved with numerous international groups establishing procedures and requirements for industrial systems.
We have a proven track record as a provider of expert witness in Australia and overseas, with an extensive history of investigations and audits into incidents on industrial sites, refineries and equipment functions.
Our areas of expertise are hazardous area equipment, installations and methods of protection, application of control systems to industrial processes and equipment including DCS, PLC, Safety Systems and Machine Condition Monitoring.
We also provide expert witness for audits, contractor compliance, inspections, incident investigations, HAZOP's, HAZID.
Within Australia we are fully compliant with the Expert Witness NSW Code of Conduct, part 28, the Queensland Practice Direction No.11 for Guidelines for Expert Witnesses, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Expert Witness Practice Note No.2, and the Practice Direction for Expert Witnesses issued by the Federal Court of Australia.
Many of our cases have been settled at pre-trial mediations before appearing in Court, the Expert Witnesses report having significant technical input to the end outcome.
Every effort and checking procedure is utilised to ensure that as Expert Witnesses we are not utilised as the "hired gun" or "assassin", a practice we most definitely do not condone. Expert Witnesses are there to provide a professional opinion on a technical matter, to the Court, no matter how distasteful it may be to Defendant or Plaintiff.
Previous cases have included settlement in regard to distribution transformer failures, control systems errors, and, drilling platform failures, with their associated consequential loss claims. Our areas of expertise are in the electrical, instrumentation and process control fields; areas within which we have considerable exposure.
