Body fluids, alcohol in • Chemical analysis, alcohol backtrack calculations • Analysis of drugs • Drug abuse • Drugs on banknotes • Forensic science • Breath analysers • Pharmaceutical & clinical analysis • Hazardous chemicals • Breath & blood alcohol values • DNA interpretation • Visiting Professor in forensic science at Kingston University

Analysis & bacteriology of foods • Analysis of drugs • Pharmaceutical & medicine analysis • Vitamins • Analysis of fertilisers & feedstuffs • Fuel technology • Analysis of water • Effluent • Pollution, general • Forensic science • Blood alcohol authorised analysts • Blood alcohol backtrack calculation • Accelerants & fire duration • Intoxylizers, failure to provide breath • Drink & drugs & driving • Food identification • Stomach contents identification

Drug testing • Alcohol test calculations • Toxicological interpretation • Forensic toxicology • Alcohol • Drugs • Drugs & driving • Substance misuse • Drug-facilitated crime • Child custody • Drugs - licit & illicit • Drugs & personal injury

Handwriting analysis • Altered or forged documents • Blood & breath alcohol calculations • 'Hip flask' defence calculations • Consideration of interfering substances • Drug identification & value • Fingerprint identification • Investigation of road traffic accidents not subject to police reports • Vehicle examination • Cases involving arson & explosives • Blood & bloodstaining • Semen & saliva • Glass & paint fragments • Footwear impressions • Loss of earnings • Health & safety issues • Dispute of control & restraint • DNA ...

Drugs • Controlled drugs & drug-related offences • Arson & fire investigation • Alcohol & drink-related offences • Blood traces • DNA & blood grouping • Contact traces • Glass & paint • Footprints • Explosives & explosions • Firearms • Ballistics • Forensic science, general • Toxicology, general • Criminalistics • Drugs, analysis of • Associates available for document examination, voice identification, audiotape verification & fingerprints • Over 40 years' experience in forensic science, predominantly in senior crown positions

Adhesives • Body fluids, alcohol in • Bitumens & asphalts • Corrosion & metal treatment • Detergents & wetting agents • Surfactants • Forensic science • Paints • Sealants • Printing inks • Packaging materials • Plastics • Rubbers • Colour measurement • Skid resistance & slip testing • Double-glazing failures • Patent infringements • Road markings

Forensic medicine: • Physical assault • Bruising • Sexual assault • Child abuse • Drink/Drugs driving • Alcohol & drug related offences • Personal injury

Analysis of biological fluids for alcohol • Gas chromatography • Breath alcohol testing instrumentation • Physiology of alcohol • Calculations of breath, blood & urine alcohol levels from known consumption • Problems with breath sampling for alcohol

EXPLOSIVES • Military explosives • Commercial explosives • Improvised explosives • Bombs • Ammunition • Roadside devices • Improvised explosive device design • Improvised explosive production health and safety • Electrical circuits • Chemical synthesis • Illegal laboratories • Training manuals • Target attack principles • Training • Petrol bombs • Chemical WMD devices • Toxin WMD (Ricin) devices • Trace analysis • Contamination • Quality assurance • Car bombs • Truck bombs • LPG devices • Roadside IEDs • Timers • Booby traps • Detection • New ...

Alcohol: • Calculation of blood, breath & urine concentrations • Metabolism of alcohol • Interaction of medications with alcohol • Failure to provide situations • Post-driving drinks & laced drinks calculations • Drugs: • The effect of prescribed & controlled drugs on an individual's demeanour (particularly in relation to their driving ability) • Typical purities & usage patterns for controlled drugs • Examination of drugs

EC-registered Analytical Chemist • EC-registered Qualified Person in the pharmaceutical industry • Senior Lecturer in Forensic Analytical Science at Manchester Metropolitan University • Former member of several MAFF, EC, BSI & ISO committees & working parties • Author of both refereed papers & other articles • Microbiological & chemical consultancy, testing & writing, including chemistry, chemicals, microbiology, micro-organisms, bacteriology, bacteria, antibiotics, mycology, moulds, yeasts, fungi, ...

Drink drive calculations • Breath testing & interpretation • Marks & impressions, footwear & instrument • Trace evidence, paint, glass, etc. • Drug analysis & comparisons of drugs & packaging materials

Alcohol: blood, breath, urine • Back calculations • Technical defences • Body fluids: DNA • Chemical analysis • Drugs of abuse • Dyestuffs • Fingerprints • Arson: fire investigations • Footwear impressions • Footprints • Glass • Handwriting • Documents • Hair • Instrument marks • Paint • Palm prints • Textiles: fibres, yarns, manufacturing • Toxicology • Tyre prints

Glass analysis • Paint analysis • Fibre analysis • Shoemark & toolmark comparisons • Forensic evidence, general • Analytical chemistry • Workplace drugs testing • Drink drive calculations • Drug analysis & packaging • MDT analysis • Drug driving

Authorised analyst for RTA (both alcohol & drugs), back calculations, spiking, etc. • Public Analyst - all aspects of chemical analysis of food: composition, additives, contaminants, authenticity, description, foreign body identification, nutritional analysis • Animal feeds • Registered Analytical Chemist

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

Fire investigation • Fire & explosion scene examination, determining origin & cause, laboratory testing & analysis, assessment of documentary & photographic evidence, interpretation of thermal injury/damage distribution • Physical evidence: • Shoemarks (including feet in shoes examinations) • Toolmarks • Manufacturing detail • Physical fits • Forensic chemistry: • Glass • Paint • Building materials • Alcohol analysis (including technical defence cases) • Noxious liquids • Drugs (including packaging) • Tyremarks

Alcohol technical defences • Alcohol back calculations • Drink driving • Blood & urine testing (drugs & alcohol) • Drug driving • Toxicology • Illicit drugs • Cannabis cultivation • Drug valuation • Drug usage patterns • Drug packaging comparison • Handwriting • Fibres • Glass • Footwear • Paint • Toolmarks • Blood evidence, including detection, pattern interpretation & event reconstruction • Semen & saliva • Evaluation of DNA evidence • Independent DNA profiling ...

Ammunition • Ballistics • Explosions • Explosives • Firearms • Firearms residues • Arson • Fire investigations • Paints • Paint failures • Drugs & toxicology • Blood • Breath alcohol calculations • All aspects of drink-related offences, e.g. failure to provide, operation of instruments, etc. • Footwear marks • Glass fragments • Tool marks • Physical fit evidence • Transfer of building materials • Direction of breakage of reconstructed glass panes & bottles ...

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

As a Clinical Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacologist and Toxicologist, I have over 43 years' experience in assessing and identifying the action of drugs in the body. Over the last 5 years I have prepared expert reports in the fields of clinical pharmacy, clinical pharmacology and toxicology. My current expertise is in: • Determining the action of drugs on the body • How the body responds to drugs • How drugs are transported within the body ...

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 ...

Fingerprint Expert with more than 21 years' experience, having conducted thousands of fingerprint comparisons and examined crime scene and fingerprint evidence in numerous cases, with offences ranging from burglary, fraud and theft to arson, rape, terrorism and murder. Has also attended Crown Courts, Magistrates' Courts and Youth Courts to give expert advice and testimony on many occasions. Work includes: ...

Alcohol (technical defence) • Blood alcohol (analysis) • Blood pattern analysis • Body fluids • Cell site analysis • Chemistry • Damage • DNA • Documents • Drugs • Fibres • Fire investigation • Firearms • Footwear • Glass • Gunshot residues • Hairs • Handwriting analysis • Material identification • Mobile phones • Paint • Particulates • Scenes (including second opinion) • Tool marks • Vehicles (including identification) • Audio analysis • CCTV analysis • Computer analysis • Explosives • Video analysis ...

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 ...

All matters pertaining to adult & old age psychiatry • Particular expertise in: • Psychiatric & psychological sequelae of stress & trauma, particularly post-traumatic stress • Occupational health in relation to psychiatry • Postnatal mental disorder • Medical negligence • In full-time clinical practice • Approved clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act

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 & ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Clinical forensic medicine • Postgraduate medical education • Respiratory medicine

Chimney stack emissions & dispersion • Air pollution: dispersion & effects • Occupational hygiene & safety • Toxicology of industrial & environmental chemicals • Biological & chemical aspects of forensic science • Water pollution & its effects • Analytical chemistry • Odour assessment & control • Alcohol & drink driving • Environmental & occupational noise

I was head of Department of Accident & Emergency Medicine at Leicester Royal Infirmary for the last 27 years. I have extensive experience in preparing medico-legal reports for all of this period & have been a founding president of the medico-legal society in Leicestershire. I have researched & published some 80 papers & one book. I chaired the training committee in Accident & Emergency medicine centrally for the UK. I advise internationally & have spoken in approximately 80 conferences.

Medical single joint expert in personal injury & medical negligence claims • Specialist in overview medical reports to aid risk assessment, including civil, criminal & military cases • Experience of investigating alleged medical serial killers • Instructed by solicitors, CPS, coroners, constabularies & insurance companies • Available for initial telephone consultation • All advice is impartial & independent • Listed on the National Crime Faculty database

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

Forensic medicine examinations • Evidence in court • Impairment tests • Blood alcohol, etc.

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 ...

I am a Partner and Senior Forensic Scientist with Forensic Assessment, and have been a full time practising Forensic Scientist for over 30 years, dealing primarily with various aspects of the scientific investigation of crime. Over the past 17 years I have been acting almost exclusively on behalf of Criminal Defence Solicitors in criminal proceedings that involve certain aspects of forensic science. Such involvement includes the examination of exhibits and scientific case ...

Clinical forensic medicine • Forensic medical examinations • Sexual assault, male or female • Interpretation of injuries & forensic samples • Wounds, interpretation of type, causes & timescale • Alcohol, drugs • Poison, misuse • Legal aspects of traffic medicine • Road Traffic Act, its application • Suicide • Suspicious deaths • Time of death calculation • The Police & Criminal Evidence Act, its application

I have been a consultant at Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, since 2002, and am Programme Director for Specialist Registrar training in NE Thames. I have written reports for solicitors and coroners, given expert evidence in court, and am usually able to write a report within 2 weeks of receiving instructions. I deal with most aspects of respiratory medicine, including breathalyser cases, COPD, asthma, tuberculosis, lung cancer, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and training issues. ...

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

Neuropsychological assessment of individuals with known, suspected or claimed brain damage or dysfunction, including head injury, cerebrovascular accident, anoxia, neurological disease, alcohol or developmental disorder • Delineation of the extent of impairment to cognitive, memory & behavioural functions as a result of injury or disease • Prognosis for future educational & vocational options • Comment on issues of malingering or non-organic factors influencing performance & presentation ...

All aspects of child & adolescent neurology, in particular: • Traumatic brain injury • Cerebral palsy • Epilepsy

I specialise in the neuropsychological assessment of the cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences of acquired brain injury in adults following road traffic accidents, assaults, anoxia or exposure to toxic substances. I have experience in the assessment of disorders of mood, neurotoxicology, epilepsy, drug and alcohol misuse, tumours, HIV, PTSD and in the areas of personal injury, and in the criminal justice system. I am also willing to undertake work in the field of clinical ...

Expert witness services in medico-legal matters: • All aspects of clinical forensic medicine & custodial care, including assault, sexual assault (adults & children) & substance abuse

Drugs used in psychiatry, including tranquillisers, antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics), antidepressants, lithium, benzodiazepines, etc. • Some illicit drugs, e.g. LSD, amphetamines • Drug & alcohol interactions

General medicine • Clinical pharmacology • Adverse drug reactions • Emergency medicine

Liver disease • Hepatology

General medicine • Care of patients in hospital as an inpatient or outpatient • I have a good knowledge of all NHS & private care in the hospital setting • Gastroenterology • Any aspect of gastroenterology, including disease of the oesophagus, stomach, small & large bowel • I am also competent in the management of liver & biliary tract disease

As a Consultant Gastroenterologist since 1981, I am competent to accept instructions on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (with the exception of ERCP) and colonoscopy and their associated problems. I am experienced in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), in upper GI pathology (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, Barrett's oesophagus and Ca oesophagus) and in liver disease. I have considerable experience in medico-legal reporting on both personal injury ...

Gastrointestinal surgery • Laparoscopic (minimally invasive) surgery • Endoscopy (including ERCP) • Liver & pancreatic surgery • Acute & chronic pancreatitis • Pancreatic cancer • Hernia surgery (open & laparoscopic) • Academic & research practice • Surgical education & training

Gastroenterology & general internal medicine • Hepatology • Inflammatory bowel disease • Malabsorption, including pancreatic & coeliac disease & peptic ulcer disease

Medico-legal work for plaintiff & defendant (and also independent reports for NHS Trust & Coroners) in the areas of: • General medicine • Gastroenterology • Gastrointestinal endoscopy • Liver disease • Deep venous thrombosis • Inflammatory bowel disease • Ulcerative colitis • Crohn's disease • Hepatitis • Viral hepatitis

Extensive experience of indications for & management of acute & chronic liver diseases in hospital practice • Management of disorders of the bile ducts & pancreas & their appropriate investigation • Experience of the problems associated with endoscopy & endoscopic therapeutic techniques, including ERCP • Experienced in the assessment, investigation & management of patients requiring adult liver transplantation • Extensive list of published peer review articles, review articles, book chapters & proceedings

General hepatology • Viral hepatitis & antiviral treatment • Acute & chronic liver failure • Referral for liver transplantation • Post infections, irritable bowel syndrome - over 20 reports completed

Experienced practising gastroenterologist & interventional endoscopist • Special interests include post-infective irritable bowel syndrome, endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, liver disease & viral hepatitis • Extensive experience of preparation of legal reports, including over 300 reports for Irwin Mitchell Solicitors & other solicitors • Cases include personal injury resulting from gastrointestinal infections & gastrointestinal disease resulting from allegations of negligence & malpractice

Disorders of the digestive system • Inflammatory bowel disease • Irritable bowel syndrome • Post-infective irritable bowel syndrome • Acute gastrointestinal infections • Travellers diarrhoea • Stress-related gastrointestinal disorders • Liver disorders • Endoscopy • Colonoscopy • ERCP • Biliary disease • Dyspepsia • All areas of gastroenterology

Psychiatric assessment & treatment of offenders (forensic psychiatry) • All aspects of drug & alcohol dependency • All aspects of general practice • I prepare some 200 court reports per year in respect of the aforesaid subjects & I am accustomed to giving oral evidence in court on a monthly basis • I have left general practice to concentrate on psychiatry • Approved under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 • Honorary Senior Lecturer to the University of Leeds • Consultant Psychiatrist with special ...

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 assessment of trauma victims • Criminal cases, including: • Homicide & sexual offences

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

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 ...

General adult psychiatry • Occupational psychiatry • Medical negligence in psychiatric practice • Occupational burnout • Psychiatric aspects of road traffic accidents • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Capacity assessments • Child care proceedings • Dr Fagin is Consultant Psychiatrist & Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London, the Anna Freud Centre, Hackney Social Services, the Mental Health Commission & Lord Chancellor's Medical Visitor

Depressive disorders • Anxiety disorders • Alcoholism • Stress in employment • Psychological effects of accidents, including PTSD & assault, including rape • Civil matters relating to access to children • Psychological reaction to negligence

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

Criminal, Parole Board, Prison & Civil (especially capacity & civil behaviour orders) • Fitness to plead • Fitness to be interviewed • Effective participation in legal proceedings • Insanity • Diminished responsibility • Provocation & loss of control • Duress • Risk assessment & dangerousness • Disposal • Mitigation • Prognosis • Effect of imprisonment on mental health • Parole recommendations • Civil capacity issues • Violent offences • Sexual offences • Arson • Drugs offences • Committed to providing a speedy response to enquiries & ...

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

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

Road crash investigation & reconstruction • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Motor vehicle examinations • Scale plans • Expert reports • Photography • Video

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

Neuropsychological & psychological assessment of acquired organic brain damage • Neuropsychological & psychological assessment of epilepsy & non-epileptic attack disorder • Neuropsychological assessment of malingering • Psychological & neuropsychological assessment in criminal cases

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

Psychiatric & psychological consequences of road traffic accidents • Assault victims • Crime victims • Post-traumatic stress disorder due to any cause • Psychiatric assessment of criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Fitness to be interviewed in custody • Pre-sentence reports • Mental disorder as defence • Healthcare & medical negligence, mental health • Mental Health Act 1983, independent reports for tribunals, disciplinary committees & trade unions • Assessment of anxiety disorders • Depression • Alcoholism ...

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

Post-traumatic stress disorder • Depressive disorders • Drugs in psychiatry, such as antidepressants & antipsychotics • Medical examinations (professional) • Medical negligence • Schizophrenia ...

My main areas of expertise are: • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Psychiatric aspects of PTSD • Psychiatric aspects of stress • Adult psychiatry • Assessment of asylum seekers • Psychiatric aspects of dementia • Psychiatric aspects of depression • Psychiatric aspects of fitness to plead • Psychiatric aspects of medical negligence • Psychiatric aspects of pain • Psychiatric disorders • Psychiatric aspects of occupational stress • Medical negligence in psychiatry • Accident psychiatry • Healthcare rehabilitation services • ...

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 ...

Adult psychiatric reports for family law proceedings only, including both public law (child care proceedings) & private law matters • Assessment of mental incapacity

Psychiatric reports for persons detained in secure conditions • Gender-specific (especially female) psychiatric issues • Reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals • Mental Health Act 1983 assessments • Psychiatric reports in criminal & civil cases • Assessment of: fire-setting behaviour, homicide cases, insanity, fitness to plead, sexual offending, violent offending • Assessment for: claims for sexual abuse, child custody cases, testamentary capacity

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 ...

Psychiatry & psychiatric disorders • Elderly/old age psychiatry • Offender assessment • Psychiatric assessment • Testamentary capacity • Dangerousness & risk assessment • Mental Health Act & reviews

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

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 • ...

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 ...

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

I have been preparing & have extensive experience in preparing medico-legal reports for the CPS, solicitors, the probation service & tribunals. My areas of expertise include: • Criminal cases (murder, manslaughter, GBH, arson, sexual offending, theft, shoplifting, burglary, drug possession, harassment, criminal damage, ABH, assault) • Assessment of risk & dangerousness • Diagnosis clarification • Fitness to plead • PTSD • Trauma sequelae • Addiction & compulsions • Trauma assessment • Accident victims • Criminal ...

Having trained in forensic psychiatry, general adult psychiatry & rehabilitation psychiatry, I presently work as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. I regularly act as an expert witness in criminal cases. I have expertise in the following areas: • Fitness to plead • Capacity to form intent • Diminished responsibility • Insanity • Provocation • Psychological effects of long-term violence ('battered woman's syndrome') • Disposals under the Mental Health Act & dangerousness assessments. I also have experience in ...

Medico-legal assessments of children & young people & their families in public law (care proceedings - Single Joint Expert) & private law (contact & residence) • Advice to Social Services & courts on placement, residential & fostering • Advice on therapeutic input for successful placement • Youth offending: assessment for ADHD, autism, dangerousness, fitness to plead • Risk assessment, presence of mental disorder & pre-sentencing assessments • Personal injury in children & adolescents

Personal injury • Medical negligence • Housing in relation to mental disorder • Adult survivors of sexual abuse • Independent reports for patients detained under the Mental Health Act

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

Liaison psychiatry • Eating disorders • Head injury • PTSD & related disorders • Medical negligence • General psychiatry • Employment issues • Psychiatric occupational health

I am accepting instructions in all medico-legal areas of general psychiatry & neuropsychiatry including learning disabilities, pain & alcohol disorders, with particular interest in family & criminal proceedings, but also in the areas of stress, trauma & occupational work-related adversities. Email contact preferable. Any necessary postal correspondence to be sent to 9 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT

I am accepting instructions in all medico-legal areas of general psychiatry & neuropsychiatry including learning disabilities, pain & alcohol disorders, with particular interest in family & criminal proceedings, but also in the areas of stress, trauma & occupational work-related adversities. Email contact preferable. Any necessary postal correspondence to be sent to 9 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT

I am accepting instructions in all medico-legal areas of general psychiatry & neuropsychiatry including learning disabilities, pain & alcohol disorders, with particular interest in family & criminal proceedings, but also in the areas of stress, trauma & occupational work-related adversities. Email contact preferable. Any necessary postal correspondence to be sent to 9 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT

General psychiatry • Forensic psychiatry • Specialist in working with women with mental illness or personality disorders

Forensic psychiatry: reports, assessments for courts & solicitors • Mental Health Act: independent assessment for tribunals • Compensation claims: assessment of psychiatric sequelae such as post-traumatic stress, depressions, anxiety & other psychiatric disorders

Civil & criminal medico-legal psychiatry

I have 10 years' working experience in psychiatric disorders, with particular expertise in the following: • Neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly those in which amnesia & memory symptoms predominate • Sleep disorders, particularly those with a behavioural element, such as REM sleep disorder, excessive daytime sleepiness • General psychiatric disorders • Insomnia • Narcolepsy

Retail, food & general merchandise due diligence systems - what is expected in the marketplace in terms of systems, monitoring & end result • Liquor licensing & underage sales - analysis of measures taken, why underage sales happen, industry statistics (UK & global) • Food labelling, date code control, third party accreditation - marketplace perspective on systems & performance • Product safety, withdrawal & recall systems ...

Neuropsychological examination of young/older adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to road traffic, occupational, industrial or other accidents • Cognitive evaluation of neuropsychiatric disorders (Alzheimer's disease, stroke or cerebrovascular disease, drug & /or alcohol damage, epilepsy, tumours, poisoning, etc.) • Psychometric assessments mindful of potential confounding factors (depression & pseudodementia, post-traumatic stress syndrome, confusion, simulation, premorbid ...

Neuropsychological assessment & consultancy • Medico-legal • Medical & dental negligence • Expert witness • Road traffic accidents • Neurodegenerative disorders • Memory problems • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Depression • Anxiety • Compensation • Testamentary capacity

Clinical neuropsychological assessment • Assessment of cognitive, psychological & behavioural function • Psychometric testing • Brain injury & disease • Traumatic brain injury & head injury • Stroke • Dementia • Epilepsy • Alcohol • Anoxia • Differentiating organic, psychological & behavioural causes of problems, including comment on issues of malingering • Personal injury compensation • Prognosis • Rehabilitation

Assessment of neuropsychological functioning for medico-legal or rehabilitation purposes following head injury post-concussion states or other neurological event • Assessment & treatment of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders & post-traumatic stress disorder • Assessment & treatment of chronic health problems, including chronic pain

Neuropsychological assessments • Parenting assessments • Assessment of cognitive & intellectual abilities • Sexual abuse & risk assessments • Mental health & mental capacity assessments • Disability assessments • Drug use & addiction • Occupational stress & depression • Offender assessment & fitness to plead • Performance & fitness to work assessments • Equality, diversity & human rights • Recruitment & selection • Children Act • Employment Tribunals • Unfair dismissal • Expertise working with black & minority ethnic communities ...

I have held post-qualification positions in the areas of: • Older adult mental health • Adult forensic mental health • Child & adolescent mental health • Young offenders • I am qualified to undertake assessments for Civil, Family & Criminal Courts, including the following issues: • Neuropsychological assessment • Personality & personality disorder • Trauma • Substance misuse • Sexual offending • Violent offending • Risk to self & others • Fitness to plead & stand trial • Suggestibility & false confessions • Domestic ...

Assessment of neurobehavioural sequelae of traumatic & other forms of brain injury sustained in adulthood for compensation & negligence cases • Assessment of capacity of people sustaining brain injury in adulthood to make informed decisions

Family Assessments of ability to provide "good enough" parenting Including assessment of intellectual functioning & the impact of this on caring • Sex offender risk assessment within a family context • Violent behaviour risk assessment in a family context • Ability of partner to protect children from a violent, sexually abusive or emotionally abusive person • Risk assessment of carers • Impact of the use of alcohol & drugs on parental ability • Whole family assessments in order to establish the ...

I am very experienced in working with young people & families, particularly in child neglect & protection, family disturbance, substance abuse & domestic violence. I am a leading authority on adolescence, teenage pregnancy & early parenting, & I have worked with psychopathic personalities & a variety of disorders such as borderline personalities, learning disabilities & with children in situations of physical, emotional & sexual abuse, as well as factitious illness (Munchausen)-type syndromes & ...

Assessment of attachment & bonding in families • Assessment of parenting, including in the context of child care proceedings • Alcohol & drug abuse as pertaining to parenting ability • Domestic violence, physical, sexual & emotional abuse as pertaining to parenting ability • Adult cognitive & personality assessment, including own family history in relation to ability to parent • Cognitive assessment of adults to determine competence, identify learning difficulties & disabilities, & make recommendations • ...

Worked in both local authorities & the National Health Service • Specific expertise in parent-infant psychology • Trained in Crittenden's Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment, including the CARE-Index (0-15 months) & the Pre-school Assessment (2-6 years) • These methods assess a child's attachment behaviour & organisation & are useful tools in conducting viability assessments & therapeutic intervention

Family assessments • Child care • Quality of parenting • Attachments within families • General family matters • Psychometric cognitive assessments • Assessments of learning difficulties • Child, adult & family

Assessment of children & adults for child care proceedings, contact disputes & child protection issues • Cognitive assessments • Learning disabilities & mental capacity • Personality disorders & mental health • Parenting ability affected by alcohol & drug abuse, domestic violence, abuse of children: emotional, sexual & /or physical • Advising on therapeutic & remedial programmes • Special interest in: • Gypsy & travelling families ...

Child & adolescent development & behaviour • Impact of educational provision on life chances, employability & education • Impact of medical treatment on life chances, employability & education • Impact of head injury on life chances, employability & education • Special Educational Needs, including 'failure to educate' • Bullying (child & adult) • Fitness to plead & mental capacity • Capacity to parent • Adolescent sex abusers • Child & adult learning difficulties

Assessment of children & adults for child care proceedings, contact disputes & child protection issues • Cognitive assessments • Learning disabilities & mental capacity • Personality disorders & mental health • Parenting ability affected by alcohol & drug abuse, domestic violence, abuse of children: emotional, sexual & /or physical • Advising on therapeutic & remedial programmes • Special interest in: • Gypsy & travelling families ...

Assessment of the cognitive capacity of a parent to look after her/his children • Assessment of parents' personality & mental health • Assessment of children's cognitive, emotional, behavioural development • Assessment of parent-child attachment & relationship • Risk assessments pertaining to parental/child or relationship issues • Assessment of the impact of a mother's mental health ability to provide care • Assessment of a child's parental relationships following a divorce • Assessment of a child's mental ...

Expert witness in proceedings under The Children Act 1989 • Recent reports have addressed: • Assessment of attachment, quality of attachment & effect of separation • Assessment of parenting • Impact on children of parental drug use & related behaviour • Impact on children of parental violence • Sibling attachment & placement decisions • Family dynamics & ability to change • Contact disputes • Therapeutic assessments, including potential for change

Clinical neuropsychological assessment • Psychometric testing & issues • Head injury • Mild head injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Epilepsy • Stroke • Alcohol abuse • Personal injury compensation • Neurological disease ...

Forensic psychology, including assessment of sex offenders, assessment of suggestibility & disputed confessions • Psychological aspects of personal injury (including head injury) • Neuropsychological assessments • Intelligence & personality assessment (adults only) • Psychological aspects of drug & alcohol dependence • Assessment of parents in child care cases • Doesn't normally examine individuals under 16 years unless there are serious criminal charges • Risk assessments (violence, sex offenders)

Clinical psychology • Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Assessment of psychological disorders • Assessment of levels of pain • Assessment of intellectual function • Suggestibility • Neuropsychological assessment • Assessment of personality disorders

Based in Cambridgeshire and offering nationwide coverage, Psychological Services UK offers an independent forensic psychology service to assist in prison law cases. Receiving regular instructions from both the Prison Service and prison law firms, our team of Forensic Psychologists provides an extensive range of psychological risk and need assessments with comprehensive reports produced for clients within required timeframes. We pride ourselves on delivering a comprehensive yet competitive ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Stress symptoms following traumatic events • Road traffic accidents (RTAs) • Driving phobia associated with RTA • Work accidents • Stress-related disorders: anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) • Sexual abuse (adult survivors of childhood)

Criminal & family assessments • Young, adolescent & adult criminal assessments • Offender assessment of risk & dangerousness • Offenders with learning disabilities • Experience of young offenders & young adults with learning disabilities • Able to engage juries when giving evidence • Parenting assessments • Parenting: contact, access, change & risk • Parenting & risk • Parenting assessment & learning disabilities

• Independent practice of 90 registered psychologists • A nationwide practice with over 90 clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists working in the contexts of civil, criminal and child and family law. Founded in 2000 by Dr Sue Candy, the practice places psychologists with extensive experience in a vast array of specialisms, including: ...

Dr King specialises both in assessments of adults & children in the context of family proceedings & private law disputes, along with forensic issues (risk assessment, parole board reports, pre-sentencing reports, psychopathy assessments, veracity of evidence, fitness to plead & culpability). She also undertakes personal injury work. Recent instructions have encompassed: ...

Assessment of adults: criminal & civil proceedings, & personal injury cases • Criminal work includes: • Risk assessment • Risk of recidivism (sexual & violent offences) • Parole board reports • Pre-sentencing reports • Assessment of intellectual & cognitive functioning or capacity • Assessment of mental health problems, e.g. depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, phobias • Personal injury work includes: • Assessment of the psychological sequelae of traumatic events • Occupational stress

In private practice since 1980 • Provided psychological reports & expert testimony in civil & criminal cases in the UK, the USA & Bermuda • Experience in: criminal law, personal injury, prison law, employment matters, immigration, child & family matters, & educational needs

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development & parenting • Family dynamics & attachment issues • Trauma & dissociation • Adolescent self-harm • Criminality & offending • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law work, criminal, personal injury & private law cases

I am a dual-qualified Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Chartered Forensic Psychologist • I have provided expert witness since 1998 • I am competent to accept instructions in respect of: • Assessment across the life-span, including assessment of children & adolescents involved with the criminal justice system • Assessment of dangerousness • Assessment of fitness to plead & capacity to stand trial • Assessment of suggestibility • Assessment of autistic spectrum disorder • Personality disorder assessment • ...

Psychological expert for personal injury, occupational health & psychological consequences of employment-related issues • Assessments, psycho-legal reports, counselling psychology & psychotherapy • Working with adults, young people & secondary school children • Employment Tribunal experience • Excellent very detailed evidence-based reports • Usually 6 weeks from instructions to report • Solicitor's recommendation or reference and sample reports available

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 ...

Assessment of children, adolescents & parents for public & private law proceedings • Attachment • PTSD • Alcohol & substance misuse • Learning disability • Parenting assessments • Capacity assessments • Domestic violence • Self-harm • Cognitive functioning • Child & adolescent offending behaviour • Working with families of African, Caribbean heritage & other ethnic minority backgrounds, including refugees & asylum seeking families • Assessment of risk • Personality disorder • Adaptive functioning