“An Expert Witness can be anyone with knowledge or experience of a particular field or discipline beyond that to be expected of a layman. The Expert Witness’s duty is to give to the Court or tribunal an impartial opinion on particular aspects of matters within his expertise which are in dispute.”
Source: cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/expert-evidence
Nigel Porter is an independent Telematics Consultant and Telematics Expert Witness helping companies, insurers, law firms, and end-users of telematics, vehicle tracking and smartphone location and activity services.
The aim is to help them and, in court cases, the jury better understand vehicle and phone location and activity data and associated services.
With extensive experience in telematics and location data, Nigel Porter has provided Expert Witness services and technical knowledge for several criminal Crown Court and insurance litigation cases.
As an experienced Telematics Consultant Nigel Porter has over 30 years of commercial and technical skills. This covers vehicle tracking and video telematics, data analysis, GPS-based location services, smartphone applications (M2M/IoT), product development, Telematics operations, and Telematics SaaS platforms, including Big Data applications in both UK and international markets.
In a telematics expert witness setting, key services include telematics data analysis and telematics hardware and software knowledge.
Telematics is a technology system that leverages telecommunication components, Telematics Control Units, Smartphones, sensors, wireless communications, and data dashboards to enable the interpretation of data from mobile devices.
Access to and daily use of location and activity data from several commercially available Telematics Service Providers ensures up-to-date knowledge of current technology.
Experience covers hardwired, battery-powered, and OBDII telematics units, as well as video telematics and telematics data with integrated video footage, Satnav GPS data and smartphone location and activity apps.
This provides detailed knowledge about both current and legacy telematics and tracking technologies.
Technical expert witness and technical data analysis
Technical analysis of telematics and GPS location data supporting insurance claims and legal proceedings.
- Technical review of hardware and applications used.
- How the system works, how data was transmitted, stored and processed and analysis of the telematics and GPS location and activity data received from the vehicle tracking unit, Satnav or smartphone.
- Analysis of location data records for accuracy, data integrity, and location verification in alternative mapping systems.
- Review journeys to compare with witness statements or other location data to identify inaccuracies or discrepancies.
- Location data verification with Google Earth Pro.
- Review of evidential statements and comparison with Telematics data or other location data (Cell Site, Call data Records, Smartphone Apps, Google Timeline or CCTV)
All services are provided via Telematics Consultancy Services