As health and safety liability continues to increase, so does the potential for litigation. As one of the leading authorities on crowd safety we offer expert witness services to the legal profession.
We can offer advice and interpretation on current legislation and its compliance implications relating to the crowd safety. My expertise includes a wide range of health and safety issues, including risk assessment. My work also covers many aspects of UK resilience in the light of the international escalation of terrorism.
Prof. Still was an expert witness in cases in the UK, (personal injury in the crowd at a London Underground Station) and at the USA Supreme Court (new York State, serious injury at an outdoor event.) Both of these cases went to trial and both were settled during trial. He has testified (live TV broadcast) to a house committee in the Washington DC Capitol Buildings and is the expert witness for the public prosecutor in the Duisburg (Love Parade) case.
Education
- BSc in Physical Sciences (majoring in Physics)
- PhD (Crowd Dynamics) Interdisciplinary Mathematics from Warwick University.
- Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. (IMA)
- Associate Course Director and Regular Visiting Speaker at Easingwold (the UK Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College)
- G4S Professor of Crowd Dynamics at Bucks New University, UK.
Training
- I developed and deliver the UK Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College training programs for Crowd Dynamics, Applied Crowd Dynamics and the crowd elements of Public Safety at Sports Grounds, Public Safety at Festivals and Mass Gatherings and Public Safety in the Complex and Built Environment.
- I also develop BA (Honours), MSc (Masters), Foundation Degree and e-learning courses for Bucks New University International Centre for Crowd Management and Security Studies in Crowd Dynamics.
Experience
- 20 years developing and teaching the principles of crowd dynamics and modelling crowd behaviours, advising on events, consulting at a Govt. level (UK, Saudi Arabia, Holland, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, USA). For full list - click here.
- Mega-Projects include the Annual Pilgrimage to Makkah (3,000,000 people per day), London New Year Events (750,000 people), Sydney Olympics (500,000 per day), Brighton Pride (200,000 people), Aberdeen Hogmany (24,000 people) and the local fireworks and sports events for our village (500 people). These are just a few of the projects I've been directly involved with over the last 20 years. Most recently crowd modelling for the UK Royal Wedding (2011)