Addiction • Drug-related problems • Alcohol-related problems • Psychiatry, general • Effects of drugs on an individual • Effects of alcohol on an individual • Child care & substance misusing parents

Practising psychiatrist since 1976 • Achieved training in all subspecialities of psychiatry, including forensic psychiatry • Since 2002 has worked as a psychiatrist in a drug & alcohol team • Average of 30-40 psychiatric medico-legal reports per year, including defence cases • Retired from NHS on 7/3/2011, and then set up own limited company (Oasis Addiction Treatment Ltd) • Work experience as Senior Medical Officer at HM Prisons in UK & Isle of Man • Affiliate Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists & ...

A pharmaceutical physician, highly experienced in pharmaceutical regulatory clinical expert reports, able to give a regulatory quality written opinion in any civil or criminal case where there is a question as to whether a medicine or illegal substance has influenced disease, physiology or behaviour, or is in some other way relevant to the proceedings. Cases in which complex causality is an issue, or where there is differing academic opinion, are a particular strength, as is pharmacokinetics of ...

General psychiatry • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Post-concussional syndrome • Alcohol dependence • PTSD • Adjustment disorders

Fitness to be interviewed, detained & plead • Mental state at the time of the alleged offence • Significance of alcohol intoxication or drunkenness • Mental Health Review Tribunals • Psychiatric assessment of arsonists • Role of morbid jealousy in violent crimes • Psychological & psychiatric sequelae of trauma • Independent patient assessment ...

Children: with child abuse problems, minimum & maximum brain damage, delinquent or criminal activities, psychological aspects, failure to receive education according to their special needs • Adults: with emotional & behavioural problems, serious crimes wherein there is a psychological factor explaining the behaviour, crimes committed as a result of subnormality or moral imbecility • Client accused of rape, homicide, substance abuse • Alcoholism • Dyslexia • Kleptomania • Arson • Post-traumatic stress ...

Liver disease • Gastrointestinal disease • Alcohol problems

Alcohol metabolism • Alcohol abuse & dependence • Behavioural effects of psychoactive drugs • Drug interactions, untoward reactions

General adult psychiatry • Medical negligence • Sequelae of trauma • Road traffic accident victims • Industrial accident victims • Assault victims • Crime victims • War veterans • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Occupational stress disorders • Alcohol abuse

Negligence in relation to prescribing & adverse reactions to drugs • Poisonings, including carbon monoxide & lead, effect of drugs & medication on intent, alcohol problems • Repetitive strain injury, work-related upper limb disorder, algodystrophy • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy • Hypertension • Chronic fatigue/ME • Joint Expert Witness Trained, Disability Discrimination Tribunals • Dispensing errors

Independent social work family assessments, residential & community based • Child protection, including physical, emotional & sexual abuse • Comprehensive risk assessments • Parents with learning difficulties • Parents with mental health problems • Parents with drug or alcohol problems or other addictions • Young parents • Children with special needs • Family mediation • Multi-cultural expertise • Advising on the appropriate use of family assessments • Professional consultancy • Family reunification • Permanency ...

Accident • Assault • Injury • Trauma • Wounding • Personal injury • Medical negligence • Road Traffic Act (drink/drug drive fitness) • Drug & alcohol misuse • Clinical forensic medicine • Fitness to detain • Fitness to be interviewed • Sexual assault • Death in custody • Care in custody • Police complaints • Parenteral nutrition • Enteral nutrition • Tube feeding • Nutrition • Intravenous feeding • Venous access • Thrombophlebitis • Home care • Gastroenterology • Assessment of post-mortem stomach contents • Endoscopy • Self-inflicted injury ...

Clinical forensic medicine, including all aspects of police surgeon duties, e.g. fitness to be detained, examination of injured parties, including sexual assault, external examination of dead bodies, forensic blood sampling, substance abuse & most aspects of mental health examination • General medical practice: this applies to the daily, routine & emergency care of patients • Particular interests are the treatment of depressed patients, women's health, child health & community hospital work, ...

Medico-legal problems related to substance misuse, as well as mental health problems with or without substance misuse issues

Clearance of alcohol from the body • Metabolism of alcohol • Calculation of blood or breath alcohol concentrations • Interaction of alcohol with other drugs • Clearance of drugs & chemicals from the body • Toxic effects of drugs & chemicals • Uses & abuses of drugs • Drugs of abuse

Blood & breath alcohol • Toxicology • Veterinary services • Nutritional analysis • Human food • Microbiological analysis

All matters relating to alcohol & drugs misuse in occupational & legal-medico cases • Appraisals of chain-of-custody protocols • Assessment of laboratory & point-of-care analysis techniques for urine, saliva & hair matrices • Positive test results challenges for DoA & alcohol • Form, function & symptoms of all commonly abused substances • Interpretation of toxicology reports & scientific data • Evaluation of occupational alcohol & drugs policies • Alcohol (EtG) & drugs of abuse testing in hair & blood • Member ...

Hepatology • Liver disease • Ascites • Hepatorenal • Cirrhosis • Acute liver failure • Hepatic encephalopathy • Drug hepatotoxicity • Drug-induced liver injury • Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics • Adverse effects of drugs, alcohol, paracetamol overdose • Biochemical analysis • Mass spectrometry • Drug patent disputes • Oxidative stress • Free radicals • General internal medicine • Acute medicine • Acute medical emergencies

Extensive experience of appearing at court & tribunals • Also instructed as a joint expert witness & assessor for insurance companies • Fields of expertise include: • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personal injury • Psychosis • Addictive behaviour • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Witness assessment • Mental disorder • Dangerousness • Road traffic offences • Drink-drive offences • Mental Health Act reviews • Regularly instructed in civil & criminal cases

Approved under Section (12)2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 • Specialist interest in all aspects of law & medical ethics • Qualified barrister • As an Expert Witness I have considerable experience in preparing psychiatric reports for criminal & civil matters addressing a range of issues, including: • Fitness to plead & stand trial • Capacity to form intent & recklessness • Psychiatric defences as relevant to criminal matters • Defences in murder cases, including diminished responsibility & provocation • ...

Most psychiatric presentations, e.g. depression, PTSD, anxiety, drugs & alcohol • Special expertise in substance misuse • Personal injury, criminal, family & employment cases seen often • All cases considered • Potential to turn around reports in 7 days • CV available on website

A Consultant Psychiatrist in general adult psychiatry • A special interest in drugs & alcohol misuse & dual diagnosis of mental health & addiction problems • Have trained & worked in psychiatric institutions & settings since 1993 • Competent & experienced in dealing with all matters involving adult mental health & substance misuse including: mentally disordered offenders, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, fitness to drive • I deal with both criminal & civil cases

Personal injury • Assessment & medico-legal reports for personal injury cases • Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy for managing consequence of trauma & personal injury • Family law • Hair analysis: collection & testing for substance of abuse • Psychiatry reports provided for child care cases where substance misuse in parents is an issue

Independent expert evidence & consultancy in criminal cases involving controlled drugs (amphetamine, LSD, MDMA/ecstasy, heroin, cocaine) • Valuation • Consumption patterns • Effects of drugs on behaviour & driving ability • Surveys of drug use & drug users • Research services • Literature search & document retrieval • Cannabis: market analysis • Estimation of potential yields from indoor or outdoor cannabis cultivation systems • Quality assessment • Interpretation of forensic analyses • Therapeutic & medicinal uses of ...

Trauma & the pathological effects of this on the body • Forensic medicine in the context of sudden & unexpected death • Diseases & death in relation to the working environment • Hospital procedures resulting in misadventures & death • Diving accidents & related medical problems of a hyperbaric environment, which also includes aspects of drowning • Independent witness at first autopsies in UK & abroad, & conductor of second autopsies on instruction • Advice & opinion on occupationally related diseases

Professional negligence in relation to general medical practitioners • Forensic medicine • Injuries relating to assault • Soft tissue injuries • Disability & incapacity benefit claims • Substantial experience in the field of drug misuse in general practice & in forensic medical work • Consulting rooms in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

DETRU has over 20 years' experience providing reports in 'Section 9' form, prior primarily to drug trials under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and giving oral evidence where necessary. All controlled drugs are covered, and specific areas include: • Price • Effects • Consumption • Patterns of use • Production • Potency • Purity • Packaging • Importation • Cultivation • 'Street' & dealer practices

Clinical forensic medicine (general) • Clinical forensic medicine - wounding • Fitness to detain • Fitness to interview • Road Traffic Act (alcohol & drugs) • Traffic medicine • Police complaints • Custody medicine • Trauma • Assault • ABH • GBH

We have considerable practical expertise in all aspects of drug trafficking and production matters. Our areas of expertise include: • Cannabis cultivation - estimation of yields, levels of sophistication & valuation • Levels of drug use - quantities recovered consistent with personal use • Drug valuations (particularly in relation to POCA proceedings) • Interpretation of 'dealing lists', including text messages & drug slang • Amphetamines • Interpretation of forensic evidence. This list is not definitive and, as each ...

Rate of clearance of drugs from the body • Calculation & interpretation of alcohol levels in blood/breath • Drug-drug interactions • Pharmacology of drugs that affect the cardiovascular system • Pharmacology of drugs used in dentistry • Preparation of reports on drug-related evidence & witness statements • General cases of drug action • Searching the scientific & medical literature for information on drug action, adverse effects & therapeutic use • Member of British Pharmacological Society ...

DETRU has provided expert evidence in criminal cases concerning street drugs for over 20 years • Behaviour associated with street drugs • Purity • Levels of use • Paraphernalia • Prices • Patterns of consumption • Effects of drugs • POCA • Dealer lists • Assessment of whether quantities of drugs seized are consistent with personal use • Cannabis supply & use • Cultivation cases • Potential yields & values from cannabis systems • Assessment of sophistication • Medical & therapeutic uses of cannabis

Works as Consultant Psychiatrist with Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust • Providing reports for over 20 years

Psychiatry, including: • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personal injury • Psychosis • Addictions • Psychiatric assessment • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Witness assessment • Mental disorders • Dangerousness • Mental Health Act reviews

Psychiatric disorders • Post-traumatic stress & other related disorders • Depressive disorders • Anxiety disorders • Psychotic disorders • Alcohol & drug misuse • Personal injury assessments • Risk assessment • Child care parent assessments • Disability Discrimination Act assessments • Medical negligence • Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director at Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust & Senior Lecturer at Southampton University • Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University

Adult psychiatry

All aspects of general adult psychiatry, including forensic, alcohol dependence, drug addiction • Mental Health Act appeals • Psychiatric sequelae of injuries • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Stress-related psychiatric disorders

Independent evaluation of psychological & psychiatric problems, including criminal cases • Reviews of Mental Health Act detentions • Family law an area of particular expertise

All matters pertaining to adult general psychiatry • Special interest in drug- & alcohol-related issues & those involving putative automatism • Experience in assessing perpetrators of sexual abuse • Regular involvement in the assessment of adults in Children Act cases • Regular involvement in the assessment & diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder

Dr Bird is a Consultant Psychiatrist who trained with the Inns of Court Law School and is accredited as an expert witness with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has provided expert opinion in over 300 cases, about 60% being commissioned by plaintiffs and 40% by defendants. He has higher qualifications in internal medicine as well as psychiatry, and for 3 years was a Visiting Professor in the USA. As a specialist in Liaison Psychiatry working closely with physicians and surgeons, he has ...

Civil & criminal medico-legal psychiatry

I work alongside Dr Ray Roth PhD MSc BA(Hons)Psychol SROT, Clinical Specialist Practitioner, and Maria Farrar RN(LD) BSc(Hons) DipCCEd FTh(Int), Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, as a multidisciplinary team in the medico-legal arena. We write independent expert psychiatric reports on children & give evidence in court as appropriate. Fields of expertise cover both criminal & civil cases, the latter mostly around Children Act legislation & complex child care, placement & abuse issues, with ...

Any form of mental illness • Personality disorders • Alcohol misuse problems • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Capacity & competence • Medical litigation • Personal injury, psychological sequelae

Psychiatric disorders in adult offenders • Special interest in mentally disordered women • EMDR therapy for borderline personality disorder, learning disability & self-injury • Simple & complex post-traumatic stress disorder

General psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry, i.e. psychiatry in the medically ill • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Occupational stress • Medical negligence • Stress, etc. • Also consulting at Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Torquay & Truro

Registered with the GMC as a Specialist in Forensic Psychiatry • Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists • Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists • Member of Society of Expert Witnesses & Expert Witness Institute • Holder of LLM in Mental Health Law from the University of Northumbria & Master of Medical Science (MMedSci) in Clinical Psychiatry from the University of Leeds ...

15 years' experience in psychiatry • Postgraduate training & experience acquired in the UK & Ireland • Extensive medico-legal work experience • 1. Provision of psychiatric reports for firms of solicitors: assessment of psychological consequence of personal injury; independent opinion on psychiatric assessment - diagnosis & recommendations • 2. Provision of psychiatric reports to the courts, Department of Social Services & children & family • 3. Psychiatric reports for hospital managers & Mental ...

General adult psychiatry • Psychiatry of learning disabilities • Learning disabilities with forensic history • Establishment of mental health illness • Diagnosis & treatment of mental disorders • Providing psychiatric reports for detained persons in police custody

Psychiatric reports for tribunals, civil & criminal courts • Assessment & diagnosis of mood & anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders & organic mental disorders due to acquired brain injury • Assessment of mentally disordered offenders, including risk assessment • Fitness to plead & stand trial • Fitness to be interviewed • Insanity & diminished responsibility • Mental disorders secondary to acquired brain injury • Section 12(2) Approved

Personal injury • Medical negligence • Family courts proceedings • Criminal & forensic reports • PTSD • Occupational health • Adult ADHD • Drugs & alcohol • Sexual abuse • Personality disorders • Mood disorders & psychoses • I have admitting privileges at the Priory Hospital, Preston • I am the Lead Consultant for the Priory Day Care Services

Assessment & treatment of adult mental health • Personality assessment • Psychopathology assessment (HPI) • Personality, aptitude & skills assessment • Fitness to plead • Addictions: • Gambling • Impulsive behaviours • Smoking cessation • Substance abuse • Trauma: • Adult survivors of sex abuse • Bullying • Domestic violence • PTSD • Self-harm • Sexual abuse • Suicide • Victim of crime • Disaster • Personal: • Anger management • Assertiveness • Behavioural & conduct issues • Gender • Sexuality • Grief • Self-esteem • Adjustment ...