Dave is the Group Animal Welfare Advisor for IVC Evidensia where his role is to put animal welfare in the centre of what we do and to ensure that whilst proving world class veterinary care we also help our clients give their animals whether they be pets, production animals or equines the best life they can. Having spearheaded numerous welfare inititives such as the Non Accidental Injury support for all clinicians in the UK, coupled with his years of welfare experience, Dave regularly lectures at a variety of universities on the subject. Clinical Director and Veterinary Surgeon for Brownlow Vet Group where he acts as an experienced independent expert witness undertaking regular instructions in both criminal and civil fields involving animal welfare, animal husbandry and disease including human injuries sustained from animal interactions. He accepts instructions from a wide range of clients acting for both prosecution and defence and am also an experienced single joint expert. In his spare time he is a veterinary consultant to Forensic Access supporting both the development of their veterinary training programmes and also undertaking expert and advisory work for them.