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Nigel Porter is an independent Telematics Consultant and Expert Witness helping companies, insurers, law firms, and end-users of telematics, vehicle tracking services and GPS activity devices.

The aim is to help them better understand telematics, GPS data and associated services.

Due to extensive experience in telematics, vehicle tracking and GPS data analysis, Nigel Porter has provided Telematics Expert Witness services and technical knowledge for several criminal Crown Court and insurance litigation cases.

An experienced Telematics Consultant with over 30 years of commercial and technical skills. Extensive experience in vehicle tracking and video telematics, telematics/GPS  data analysis, location services, mobile solutions (M2M / IoT), product development, Telematics operations, and Telematics SaaS platforms, including Big Data applications, in both UK and international markets.

Essential services in a telematics expert witness setting include telematics and GPS data analysis, hardware knowledge, and software knowledge.

Access to, and daily use, of telematics data from several commercially available Telematics Service Providers, ensure up-to-date knowledge of current technology, both hardwired, battery-powered and OBDII telematics units, video telematics, telematics data with integrated video footage and GPS activity devices such as SatNav and personal activity Apps.

Continued daily use of telematics solutions provides detailed knowledge about current and legacy telematics and tracking technologies, essential requirements in providing expert witness services.

Technical expert witness services and technical data analysis

Recent Projects

• • • • Crown Court case. Murder charge. data analysis of movement and activity from multiple iPhones. iPhone GPS and Apple Health Data analysis.
      • Death by Careless Driving. SatNav GPS data analysis covering motorbike activity up to collision location.
      • Crown Court case. Death by Careless Driving. Vehicle Telematics data covering vehicle movements and activity up to and at the time of collision.
      • Crown Court case. Investigation into the method of vehicle theft (Stolen Vehicle Tracking) and vehicle involvement in murder case 
      • Coroner Court. Investigation into Police vehicle telematics in response to RTC and comparison with Police statements.
      • Crown Court case. Trading Standards investigation involving tracked vehicles
      • Crown Court case. Vehicle tracking was used on rental vehicles involved in armed robberies.
      • Civil Claim. Personal injury insurance claim arising from a vehicle accident. Insurance Telematics installed.
      • Civil Claim. Stolen vehicle insurance claim involving insurance telematics
      • Crown Court case. Vehicle tracking was used on rental vehicles engaged in attempted murder.
      • Crown Court case. Dangerous driving involving insurance telematics.
      • Crown Court case. A vehicle used in an aggravated burglary. Pre Trial review of telematics data and comparisons with 3rd party location data ( Cell Site data )
      • Trailer Reefer Unit with Telematics – Insurance fire investigation.Civil Claim. 

Technical analysis of telematics data supporting insurance claims and legal proceedings.

Technical review of telematics system used.

• • • • How the telematics system works, and how data is transmitted, stored and processed.
      • Analysis of the telematics location and status data received from the vehicle tracking unit.
      • Analysis of GPS data from devices like SatNav and phone personal activity tracking Apps.
      • Management of product testing in a controlled environment.
      • Analysis of tracking data files for accuracy, data integrity, and location verification in alternative mapping systems. 
      •  Location data verification using Google Earth Pro.
      • Comparison of telematics location data with other location sources ( CellSite data, Google Timeline, SatNav and personal activity location history )
      • Review of evidential statements and comparison with Telematics data.

More information on Telematics Expert Witness Services can be found at TelematicsExpertWitness.co.uk.