pbforensics provides independent, impartial advice on drugs of abuse and forensic chemistry for both the prosecution and defence. We place our clients and their needs as the main priority in all that we do. We provide totally independent and impartial advice which can be used in court. We also have a wide range of contacts for consultancy in many other areas of forensic work - please call for free consultation or advice. We specialise in the following areas of work both in the UK and overseas: - Analysis of drugs of abuse
- Drug trafficking offences
- Drug production / tabletting
- Drug detection systems
- Drug Traces
- Drug traces on banknotes
- Drug comparisons
- Country of origin of drugs
- Illicit drug laboratories
- Cannabis grow rooms and cannabis production
- Drugs training and education
- Examination of vehicles, boats and other premises
- Drug misuse
- Serious Organised Crime
- Counter terrorism and improvised explosive devices
- Asymmetric threat analysis
- Multiple threat analysis
Peter Bottomley, head of pbforensics, is a member of the Forensic Science Society, a Registered Forensic Practitioner and is the Lead Assessor (Drugs) for the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP). He is also a member of the CRFP Science Panel and a registered expert with the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Chartered Chemist, a Chartered Scientist, and is registered as a European Chemist (EurChem).
He has served as a member of two United Nations Expert Groups, firstly on the analytical chemistry of drug abuse in Vienna and then on the Pre-trial destruction of seized narcotics, precursors and essential chemicals in Bangkok.
He has also worked as a consultant to the U.N. Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP) in Vienna and in New Delhi, India, on the first stage of the introduction of a National Quality Assurance system for India.
He is currently serving as a short-term expert (STE) to the Forensic Laboratories Department (FLD) in Amman, Jordan working to strengthen the capacity and ability to counter terrorism and serious organised crime in line with EU and international standards. He has over 30 years forensic experience and was previously Head of Forensic Drugs at LGC Ltd.
Contact: Peter Bottomley BSc FRSPH EurChem CSci CChem MRSC MFSSoc MIScT Tel: 01372 453549 or 01372 236351 | 
