Asylum seekers

This list shows every expert witness in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses who claims expertise in Asylum seekers. Click on any expert witness to view full details. You may prefer to interactively search the Register.

Dr Hughes in LONDON
NHS or criminal cases • General adult psychiatry 18 years and above • Stress conditions • Refugee health All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .
Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd in SOUTHMINSTER
FHC Experts for Law & Mediation is one of the leading providers of expert witnesses, giving opinions in forensic and legal matters, both in the UK and internationally. Since 1999 we have been providing a custom range of forensic expert witness services within the judicial system for all criminal and civil practice, including the police, family courts, defence solicitors and barristers, inquests and medical negligence to name but a few. We have one of the largest expert witness panels comprising of, but not limited to, medical, paediatric, psychological, psychiatric, technic...
Dr Manyame-Tazarurwa in LUTON
Country expert report writing - Zimbabwe and other English-speaking African countries • I use interpreters for non-English-speaking countries • Assessment of mental health needs of asylum seekers and those facing deportation, then counselling them using a holistic approach, including counselling for loss and grief • Writing domestic violence reports • Understanding and treating symptoms of torture and other war traumas through psychotherapy and writing reports • Researching and interviewing in order to use secondary and primary data for my reports • Phobias ...
Dr Hassan Zadeh in GRAVESEND
We provide language analysis for the determination of origin (LADO) for people whose nationality and origin is in dispute. We offer LADO analysis for the speakers of Arabic, Dari, Farsi (Persian), Pashto, Punjabi (Kabuli) and Urdu languages. We are Chartered Linguists and multilinguals. We also provide cultural expertise on: • Afghanistan and Pakistan • Forensic verification of questioned documents from Afghanistan and Pakistan • Authentication of documents issued in Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Urdu • Language analysis to determine origin and nationality •...
Dr Siddaway in SHEFFIELD
• Trauma, stress and medical psychology (including chronic pain) • Chair, British Psychological Society Expert Witness Advisory Group • Regularly instructed in complex and high-value claims; accepts instructions for personal injury, clinical negligence, immigration and employment cases • Approximately 100 expert reports per year (55% claimant, 40% defendant, 5% joint) • Assessment of children, adolescents and adults • CPR-compliant, meticulous, evidence-based assessments • Nationwide and remote assessments (Northern England, Lon...
Dr Patel in THORNTON HEATH
Medico-legal reports concerning all aspects of general medical practice • Mental health, mental capacity and MHA Section 12 doctor reviewing medical records • Breach of duty and causation • Medical negligence • Expert for GMC, GPHC, GDC, ROC, Ombudsman, Coroner's court • Medical competence, accidents and negligence • Prescribing and dispensing errors • Therapeutic misadventure • General medical reports in asylum, refugee and immigration cases • Home and prison visits • Coroner cases • Death certificates • Inquests ...
Dr Tunnard in GLASGOW
Emergency medicine (A&E) • Personal injury • Assault • Clinical negligence • Malpractice • Sports injuries • Workplace accidents • Road accidents • Retrieval (transfer) medicine • Critical care transfers • Pre-hospital care (HEMS) • Aeromedical care
Dr Zapata in ELY
• Fitness to practise and disciplinary cases (GMC, GDC, NMC, SRA) at investigation, tribunal and remediation stages • Independent psychiatric assessment of veterans and regulated professionals, including health professionals, lawyers, police officers, business leaders • Assessment of occupational functioning, remediation and risk to patients/public • Expert opinion on mental disorders, impairment, insight and prognosis • Complex diagnostic assessments and psychopharmacology • Mood, anxiety, OCD, psychotic, bipolar, personality, PTSD/traum...
Dr Bekalo in LEEDS
I have expertise and first-hand experience of compiling expert witness reports and consultancy services, focusing on the people and countries of East and Horn of Africa (i.e. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan) for legal firms as well as courts and other clients across the UK/West/Africa in the following areas/fields: • Families and minority refugee community members (e.g. domestic disputes and wider conflicts, exploitations and modern-day slavery, cultural intersections and problems of relationships with partners and children) • Asylum and immigration cases &#...
Dr Shadi in NORWICH
Dr Shadi is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) with extensive experience in psychological assessment and medico-legal reporting. She specialises in trauma, mental health (including depression, anxiety and PTSD), and neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and ADHD in both children and adults. She works with children, adolescents and young people, and undertakes psychological assessments across all age groups, including psychological screening assessments. Dr Shadi also has experience working with ne...
Dr Pemberton Ford in ROYSTON
Expert serving Immigration Tribunals, Human Trafficking and County Lines - Crown and Magistrate's courts. Seasoned Researcher, and experienced Expert Witness providing effective court-ready reports for criminal, immigration tribunal cases • On-line interviews preferred; if necessary, assistance with interpreters can be addressed • Effective research-based reports • Client-focused contextualisation • Particular expertise in MSA 2015/Section 45 and county lines, drug related, debt bondage, retail crime exploitation and trauma-induced vulnerabilities • S...
Dr Karim in PORTSMOUTH
Experienced General Practitioner specialising in comprehensive medical reports covering medical, surgical, psychological and mental health concerns. Fluent in English, Bengali, Sylheti, Urdu and Hindi, with expertise in diverse cultural and regional contexts across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Specialist in UK immigration cases, providing expert reports for visa applications, deportation appeals, asylum seekers, disability, vulnerability, frailty and memory issues. Holistic assessments considering both medical and psychological impacts, including the effects of removal on ...
Dr Gould in LONDON
Psychological assessments of: 1. Civil/personal injury such as accidents and medical negligence 2. Employment law, including the Equality Act, racial discrimination, fitness to work and Occupational Mandated Psychological Assessments 3. Immigration and asylum 4. Vulnerable witness and special measures 5. Adult mental health, and especially PTSD Working in particular with: • Media, TV, journalists • Aviation psychology and neuropsychology • Police and emergency services • Military and veterans • Criminal Injuries Comp...
Dr Stanbury in MILTON ON STOUR
Asylum claims What risks does an individual or group claiming asylum face in their country of origin? Includes assessment of protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity and religion. Proceeds of Crime Where assets are held in problematic locations overseas, what challenges exist in recovering those assets, and how might these be overcome? Human rights Including human trafficking and modern slavery, child labour, slave labour and bonded labour. Significant experience in Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan...
Dr Harris in LONDON
Medico-legal reports concerning all aspects of general medical practice • Medical records • Medical ethics • Medical disputes • Personal injury, including road traffic accident & whiplash injuries • Falling, tripping & slipping accidents • Medico-legal aspects of circumcision • Medical competence, accidents & negligence • Prescribing & dispensing errors • Therapeutic misadventure • General medical reports in asylum, refugee & immigration cases • Home & prison visits • Coroner • Death certifica...
Dr Pickering in STOCKPORT
I specialise in psychological assessments of adolescents and adults from the age of 14 years and above. I have been carrying out psychological assessments for the civil courts since 2008. My specialist areas of expertise include the assessment of: • General mental health • Trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD • Trauma following childhood abuse • Trauma with individuals seeking asylum • Trauma following injury or clinical negligence • Trauma and impact on mental health following criminal injury • Adult attachment, personality assessment, risk assessment, ...
Ms Smales in LONDON
• Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil and Criminal Expert Witness Certificate qualification (February 2025) Adults • Mental health, including schizophrenia, personality disorder, bipolar, depression, anxiety, dementia and mild to moderate learning disabilities • Forensic mental health and risk • Best Interest decisions • Section 117 aftercare and eligibility criteria • Care Act assessments • Deprivation of liberty safeguards and Best Interest decisions • Mental capacity decisions • Forensic risk analysis, inclu...
Dr Pradhan in BIRMINGHAM
Psychopathology & psychiatric disorders • Trauma sequelae (psychiatry, including personal injury) • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personality disorder • Criminal responsibility (psychiatric assessment) • Fitness to plead (psychiatric assessment) • Dangerous & risk assessment (psychiatric) • Crime victims (psychiatry) • Offender assessment (psychiatric) • Witness assessment & testamentary capacity • Criminal behaviour • Child & family cases (custody cases) • Psychiatric care & rehabilitating • D...

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