Ken Taylor's background

Ken Taylor originally served an indentured apprenticeship before training as an Engineer by a local authority and studying in Manchester. He then founded a Consulting Engineering practice in 1968 which as Taylor Design Ltd and later Taylor Marren and Haslam expanded to offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Burnley. In 1985 the Practice merged with Sir M MacDonald and Partners (Now Mott MacDonald).

 

Ken then took up an appointment as Chief Engineer with a large Metropolitan Borough Council in 1985. He founded the present practice of Taylor Associates Ltd in 1986 and in 1989 returned to private practice, again offering design/contract management and also expert witness assistance in personal injury and of building servces disputes.

 

Ken specialises in advising solicitors and providing reports for litigation, arbitration and criminal proceedings with respect to personal injury and building services (see 'Services' page) for details.

 

Listed in Debretts 'People of Today ' and the USA 'Marquis Who's Who'.

 

Silver Medal awarded by the Institution of Hospital Engineers for published paper on liability.  

 

Bronze medal awarded  by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.

 

Freeman of the City of London.

 

Past Chairman of North West Region CIBSE and also the Preston Centre.

 

Registered with the Academy of Experts and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

 

Magistrate from 1983 to 2011 having sat as chairman in Youth, Adult, Domestic Violence and Family Courts.

Professional qualifications

Ken is a European Engineer (Eur Ing) and Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) and also holds senior qualifications in the United States of America as well as in the UK. Membership of professional bodies includes:-

 

F.C.I.B.S.E., F.S.O.E., F.I.Plant E, F.C.I.P.H.E., F.C.M.I., F.R.S.A., M.A.S.H.R.A.E. (USA), M.A.E. and Member of the Adjudication Society.

 

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Authorship of published papers and text books

 

Author of many published papers and the text book 'A Practical Guide for the Expert Witness' and co-author of the 'Plant Engineers' Reference book' and its USA publication 'The Plant Engineers' Handbook'.

 

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Expert Witness Professional Organisations

Academy of Experts Membership Number is 640.

Registered by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers