About Daniel

Dr Daniel Sheard has been a partner at Brookes Bell since May 2001.

Offering a scientific approach to damage, spoilage and deterioration, Daniel provides expert sampling, analysis and evidence for incidents involving commodities such as -

• Bagged and bulk products - Sugar, rice, cocoa
• Seed cake cargoes - Soya bean meal, corn gluten feed, sunflower pellets and cottonseed meal
• Edible oils and whole oilseeds
• Fertilisers, chemicals and fishmeal
• Refrigerated and frozen cargoes - Fish, meat, fruit and vegetables
• Grain - Maize (corn), wheat, barley, sorghum
• Minerals and coal – including ores and concentrates

Helping prevent loss, Dr Sheard advises on -

• Safe carriage
• Storage
• Infestation and fumigation of cargoes
• Detection of genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs

Applying science to prevention and investigations

Specialising in carriage and deterioration Daniel identified the source and safe control of infestation of cargoes.

Daniel’s expertise with cargo has also been used to investigate cargo fires and explosions - including coal, direct reduced iron and incidences of spontaneous combustion.

Attending on board ship Dr Sheard advises on –

• Cause – Identifying key factors
• Extent – Determining the size of the problem
• Remedy – Offering advice to stop continuing loss and prevent recurrence

Capable of providing advice in person or by assessing documentary evidence, Daniel has been involved in several investigations of heating and deterioration, offering technical advice for the safe carriage of –

• Materials that may liquefy
• Nickel ore
• Iron ore fines

Preparing technical scientific reports, Daniel has given evidence in court and at arbitration hearings in the United Kingdom and the USA.