About
Roger Newby LLM BSc (Hons) AMIMechE
A mechanical engineer who came to forensic work through motorsport and crash-structures research, and who later trained in law to understand what courts actually need from an expert.
Background
An engineer first, who then read law.
On the workshop floor from 1997 as a vehicle technician (City & Guilds, Repair and Servicing of Road Vehicles, 1997); race-team engineer in the TVR Tuscan Challenge, including a championship-winning season; BSc (Hons) Motorsport Technology, University of Hertfordshire, 2006; then research engineer on an EPSRC-funded crashworthiness programme at Cranfield University, doing experimental crash testing and computational modelling of energy-absorbing structures.
A Master of Laws (LLM) from BPP University Law School followed: legal training directly applicable to expert report writing, the rules of evidence, and the duties owed to the court under CPR Part 35 and CrimPR Part 19. An expert who understands the procedural rules, the burden of proof and the way an advocate will approach a report writes a better one.
I speak English and Arabic. I am an Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a vetted expert on the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, which means instructing lawyers have been asked whether they would recommend me and have done so.
On terminology: "forensic" here means engineering applied to legal proceedings. It describes the work, not a title or an accreditation. I hold no collision-investigation qualification and do not offer scene-based reconstruction. The practice was established in 2026; the engineering behind it was not.
How I work
What an instructing party can expect
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Independent
The duty is to the court. The opinion is the same whichever party instructs, and the fee never depends on it.
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Within expertise
Vehicle and mechanical engineering, and nothing else. A question outside that boundary is declined or referred on, in writing.
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Sourced and reproducible
Inputs are cited and calculations can be reproduced from the report. Anything that cannot be checked is labelled as an assumption.
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Plain
Written for a district judge, a jury or a claims handler to follow without a glossary. Technical where it must be, never where it need not be.
At a glance
- Vehicle technician, 1997City & Guilds, Repair and Servicing of Road Vehicles, 1997
- Race-team engineerTVR Tuscan Challenge, including a championship-winning season
- BSc (Hons) Motorsport Technology, 2006University of Hertfordshire
- Research engineer, Cranfield UniversityEPSRC-funded crashworthiness programme: experimental crash testing and computational modelling of energy-absorbing structures
- Master of Laws (LLM)BPP University Law School
- Practice established2026
- Professional indemnity£2,000,000
- LanguagesEnglish and Arabic
Registers and cover
Verifiable, not asserted.
Memberships and registrations are listed below exactly as they stand. Where a register publishes an entry, the badge links to it so that an instructing party or a court can check for itself.
UK Register of Expert Witnesses Vetted expert Vetted entry: recommended by instructing lawyers. . View Roger Newby's entry on the register (opens in a new tab) Information Commissioner's Office Registered data controller Professional indemnity insurance of £2,000,000. Certificate of insurance provided with terms of engagement on request.
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The boundary
Expert here. Neutral there.
Enquiries
Discuss an instruction.
Tell me the type of matter, the court timetable and what question the court needs answered. I reply personally, usually within one working day, and I will say plainly whether the engineering can help and what it would cost.
Prefer email? rogernewbyconsulting@gmail.com
Roger Newby
Vehicle Engineer & Expert Witness