Expert Witness and Technical Advisory

Dr Paul Harvey provides independent expert witness and scientific advisory services for legal teams, government agencies and industry, translating complex environmental evidence into clear, objective and defensible opinions. 

Paul's expertise includes contamination disputes, chemical exposure investigations, environmental incidents, regulatory compliance, pollution events, social justice impact, contaminated land assessments and technical due diligence. 

Paul works alongside solicitors and counsel to review evidence, critically assess scientific reports, identify technical weaknesses and prepare expert opinions that stand up to scrutiny.

Project Examples

·  Expert witness to the Environmental Defenders Office NSW for the Wafi-Golpu Project, Morobe Province Papua New Guinea. 

·  Scientific Advisor to the Environmental Defenders Office NSW for the SEPIK mine Environmental Impact Assessment in Papua New Guinea. 

·  Preventing Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology at the Ingenio San Antonio Nicaragua sugarcane plantation.