Mr Trevor Gilbert

Recruitment Consultant

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Member of Institute of Conflict Management (MICM
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Because of his strong reputation for integrity and independence, many law firms regard Trevor as the UK\'s leading expert within his area of expertise;
\'One of the country\'s best known and respected employment consultants\' - Guildhall Chambers, Bristol.

\'He is one of the best experts I know in any discipline\' -  Claimant lawyer.

“(Mr Gilbert’s) report is a model of its kind. He is an eminent employment expert“ – District Judge.

Appointed OBE in the Queen\'s Birthday Honours List 2016 for services to people with disabilities.

Recipient of the British Citizen Award (January 2016).

Voted as one of The Top 100 Influential People in the UK 2023 by an independent, distinguished and internationally recognised panel, chaired by Lord Rami Ranger CBE

Voted Expert Witness of the Year 2021 and 2022 in the Lawyer International Legal 100 List

Voted Employment Expert Witness of the Year (2016) by Lawyer Monthly magazine.

Nine times finalist and six times category winner (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) of the prestigious national Personal Injury Awards.

Winner 2019 Modern Law Awards

DV cleared exclusive provider of witness familiarisation training to specialist elements of H.M. Forces and the MoD.
    [Mediator_CV] => I have been involved in the recruitment industry since 1968 and Chairman and CEO of The TRG Group since 1972, which delivers a range of services; outsourcing, managed services, witness familiarisation training, vocational rehabilitation, Internet businesses and an expert witness practice ? Trevor Gilbert & Associates.  

My business experience of nearly 50 years has encompassed conceptualisation and delivery of a range of client led services in the private and public sectors. My specialist knowledge of real time employment and recruitment issues is substantial and widely recognised.  I was an ad hoc advisor to the previous Conservative government on disability issues and in my capacity as President of the Institute of Employment Consultants worked closely with the then Minister of State, Minister for Disabled People.  

I have practised as an expert witness employment analyst since 1990 and personally delivered expert evidence in many hundreds of cases, usually of high value and demanding detailed investigation and analysis. I remain very much ?hands-on? in terms of recruitment and employment through my recruitment consultancy activities. In terms of recruitment and employment, I have interviewed many thousands of candidates from a wide variety of occupations and at all levels.  

I am past President of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now Institute of Recruitment Professionals). Throughout my 3-year term I initiated and regularly contributed to debates on issues affecting disabled people. As Chair of the Joint Consultative Council for Recruitment Practice, I enabled the bringing together of relevant organisations concerned with recruitment and employment including the then Department of Education and Employment, the CIPD, the Employers Forum on Disabilities and other industry organisations, as a forum to promote best recruitment practice.  

I am a past Chairman of the Recruitment Committee of the Academy of Experts, member of the Executive Committee and of Council and past Vice Chairman.    

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1992-date Chairman, Joint Consultative Council for Recruitment Practice
1992-date Chairman, Princes Youth Business Trust, Suffolk
1991-92 Chairman, Young Enterprise, Suffolk
1992-date Member, Parliamentary Information Technology Committee.
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His business experience of over 30 years has encompassed conceptualisation and delivery of a range of client led services in the private and public sectors. His specialist knowledge of real time employment and recruitment issues is substantial and widely acknowledged. He was an advisor to the Conservative government on disability issues. He has practised as an expert since 1990, but remains very much Úhands-onÚ and personally delivered expert evidence in many hundreds of cases, usually of high value and demanding detailed analysis. Being a qualified mediator, he has a particular interest in conflict management and negotiating, designing training programmes specifically for this highly topical issue.
In terms of recruitment and employment, he has interviewed many thousands of candidates from a wide variety of occupations. The TRG Group has placed or assisted in excess of 250,000 people in to work.
He is a past Area Chairman of the PrinceÚs Trust, which assists disadvantaged young people set up in business. As a supporter of the PrinceÚs Trust, his initiative to allow PT budding business entrepreneurs free access to TGAÚs management training programmes has received the approval of HRH The Prince of Wales.
Trevor Gilbert is a past President of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now Recruitment & Employment Confederation). Past Chair of the Joint Consultative Council for Recruitment Practice, which brought together all organisations concerned with employment including the Department of Education and Employment, the CIPD and other industry organisations as a forum to promote best practice. From 1993-1995, he was Chair of the Recruitment Committee of the Academy of Experts and a member of the Executive Committee and of Council. He was elected Vice Chairman of the Academy in September 1997.
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TAE Accreditations

  • Expert Witness

Qualifications

  • Member of The Academy of Experts MAE
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts FRSA
  • Fellow of The Academy of Experts FAE (2010)

Expert Witness Snapshot

Trevor Gilbert OBE is Chairman of eponymous Trevor Gilbert & Associates, a leading expert witness practice established for 34 years which delivers labour market analysis and career profiling for reports on loss of earnings in personal injury, clinical negligence litigation, divorce proceedings, employment tribunals and victims of abuse.

Because of his strong reputation for integrity and independence, many law firms regard Trevor as the UK\'s leading expert within his area of expertise;
\'One of the country\'s best known and respected employment consultants\' - Guildhall Chambers, Bristol.

\'He is one of the best experts I know in any discipline\' -  Claimant lawyer.

“(Mr Gilbert’s) report is a model of its kind. He is an eminent employment expert“ – District Judge.

Appointed OBE in the Queen\'s Birthday Honours List 2016 for services to people with disabilities.

Recipient of the British Citizen Award (January 2016).

Voted as one of The Top 100 Influential People in the UK 2023 by an independent, distinguished and internationally recognised panel, chaired by Lord Rami Ranger CBE

Voted Expert Witness of the Year 2021 and 2022 in the Lawyer International Legal 100 List

Voted Employment Expert Witness of the Year (2016) by Lawyer Monthly magazine.

Nine times finalist and six times category winner (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) of the prestigious national Personal Injury Awards.

Winner 2019 Modern Law Awards

DV cleared exclusive provider of witness familiarisation training to specialist elements of H.M. Forces and the MoD.

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