Graham Dilloway MBCS

Computer Consultant and Expert Witness
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Past Civil Reports
Civil - My work has included cases involving failure of computer components, inability of a computer to operate with an added hardware card, problems accessing the Internet and a faulty laptop computer.  Reports have been prepared for cases in County Court and Small Claims Court.
The claimant bought a laptop computer and the hard disk failed after 26 months.  My report discusses replacement of hard disks in laptop computers. View
The claimant bought a laptop computer and subsequently claimed that the computer was faulty.  I report on my inspection of the laptop computer. View
The claimant bought a computer and subsequently claimed that the computer would not connect to the Internet properly.  My report discusses Internet connection problems, their causes and their effects. View
The claimant bought a computer for use with an add-in card and claimed that the computer would not work with the add-in card.  I tested the computer (and its three replacements) and reported on the result of the tests. View

Employment - I have worked in Employment cases.  The reports produced in these cases are not reproduced here because of the complexity and the circumstances of the cases and are summarised as follows:

Technology - A serving police officer was the subject of disciplinary proceedings after several officers received racist documents via the police force internal mail service.  I assisted in the preparation of reports that discussed the large amount of technically sophisticated computer evidence gathered and reported upon by prosecution computer specialists.  Reports for an internal inquiry and a subsequent Employment Tribunal hearing included analysis of software generated log files and attempts to recreate computer files that matched printed documents.
Disability Discrimination - I prepared a report to show that the implementation of voice recognition software would have been a reasonable step to assist a disabled person using a computer.  I gave evidence at the hearing for two days including most of the second day under cross examination.  An added challenge was a tribunal chairman with a good working knowledge of computers who insisted upon an exceptionally detailed explanation of almost everything.