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Senior Associate Austen Smith was recently interviewed by The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UAE (CIArb UAE) and is featured in their branch newsletter.

E-scooters are now a common sight in the UK, particularly around cities and urban areas. A convenient micro-mobility solution, a scourge on the roads, or something in-between – opinions on their place in the transport hierarchy varies.

Hawkins is delighted to announce that Gavin Dunn's article on electric scooters, discussing the risks and the laws surrounding them, will be featured in the FOIL magazine.

Hawkins is delighted to have been awarded the RoSPA Gold Medal Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for the sixth consecutive year.

For our second series of webinars in 2023, our Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore offices have teamed up to create a series covering some of Hawkins’ expertise in the built environment, and marine sectors as well as topics involving fires and escap

Hawkins is delighted to announce that an article senior associate Ben Adams has written, has been featured in February’s edition of Expert Witness. Ben’s article titled: Do You Need to High-Speed Test Generator Rotors? discusses the contentious

Hawkins was proud to be invited to present at the latest CILA (Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters) event in Dubai. This is the first CILA CPD event in Dubai for over three years and we would like to personally thank Ollie Waterman from Crawford’

Sam Morley presented a seminar at the Architectural Association Ltd titled ‘Forensic Fire Safety’. The seminar focused on cases where there were fire safety defects which contributed to the spread of fire. This included cases where there was a la

Philippa’s lecture on ‘materials science for fire investigation’ included scientific principles and observations such as material’s behaviour with heat, contact alloying, arc mapping, glass fracture, corrosion, and laboratory analysis tools.