About us

The Company

Barker-Eaton Ltd. is a UK registered company, number 15972100. It was set up to: publish 'A Safety Case Report Format' and provide workshops explaining its derivation.

The Authors

Andrew Eaton was a software engineer in the defence sector before working for the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Safety Regulation Group for 26 years as a safety assurance expert. He has an MSc in Safety Critical Systems Engineering from the University of York and was a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He developed CAP 670 part B SW01 regulatory requirements for safety related software, and co-authored Civil Aviation Publication CAP 1801 ‘The assessment of change safety cases’ with Stephen Barker.

Andrew has sat on several regulatory committees including the Intergovernmental Committee on Software Engineering, National Supervisory Authority Coordination Platform, and the EASA rule making working groups for (EU) 2017/373. He has represented the UK and specifically the Air Traffic Management sector at BSI, CEN, CENELEC, ETSI and EUROCAE. He was also a member of the DTI-sponsored APES, FRESCO and CASS projects that supported the adoption of IEC 61508, and the MoD SSEI and TSI initiatives that aimed to further safety assurance capabilities.

Andrew was a member of the Independent Safety Assurance (ISA) Working Group.

Stephen Barker worked as an electronics and software developer for 7 years before then specialising in system and software safety assurance and assessment for almost 30 years. He has a BSc (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath. Until retiring from the Civil Aviation Authority, Stephen was a Chartered Engineer, and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and The Safety and Reliability Society.

For 21 years at the CAA's Safety Regulation Group, Stephen was a safety assessor overseeing the safety of UK air traffic service systems, with particular responsibility for software assessments. He co-authored CAP 1801 with Andrew Eaton.

Prior to joining the CAA, Stephen worked for BMT Reliability Consultants and then Lloyds Register of Shipping, conducting software and safety assessments and audits mainly in the automotive and rail industries. He was also involved in DTI and European funded R&D projects including CASCADE, trained as a TickIT and SPICE auditor, and trialled part of the CASS assessment scheme for IEC 61508.