Day 131 - 06 Jun 95 - Page 05
1 MR. CHRISTOPHER PURSLOW, sworn
2 Examined by Mr. Rampton QC.
3
4 Q. Mr. Purslow, do you give your address as **************,
5 *****************, ****?
6 A. Yes.
7
8 Q. It is still in ****?
9 A. Yes, tentatively.
10
11 Q. Are you a Hygiene and Safety Consultant?
12 A. I am.
13
14 Q. Do you trade as Chris Purslow & Associates?
15 A. I do.
16
17 Q. Since when have you been trading in a private capacity as a
18 consultant on Hygiene and Safety?
19 A. Since 1985.
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21 Q. When did you qualify as an Environmental Health Officer?
22 A. In 1964.
23
24 Q. I think from then, for five or six years, you have
25 practised as an Environmental Health Officer in various
26 parts of the Midlands?
27 A. That is correct, yes.
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29 Q. Working, I assume, for local authorities in that area?
30 A. Absolutely.
31
32 Q. Did you in 1970 join Rank Hovis McDougall involved as a
33 Regional Hygiene and Safety Officer?
34 A. I did.
35
36 Q. Did you obtain the Licentiate of the Royal Society for the
37 Prevention of Accidents?
38 A. Yes, I did.
39
40 Q. What does that involve?
41 A. It involves a full-time, four-week course, with an
42 examination at the end of it. One had to achieve a certain
43 percentage to be awarded a licentiate.
44
45 Q. Did you then become Senior Specialist Hygiene and Safety
46 Officer with Rank Hovis McDougall?
47 A. I did, yes.
48
49 Q. When did you leave them?
50 A. I left them in 1980.
51
52 Q. And joined Trust House Forte, I think?
53 A. That is right.
54
55 Q. Where, eventually, you became group adviser with a team of
56 EHOs underneath you; is that right?
57 A. That is right.
58
59 Q. You worked for them continuously until you started your own
60 consultancy in 1985?
