I am a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with 15+ years’ NHS forensic experience, specialising in mental health, autism and learning disabilities. I assess communication and social cognition, and their impact on risk, behaviour, mental capacity and legal participation. I consider the person as a whole, taking into account the person's context, enviroment and communication partners. I provide practical recommendations to support communication, decision-making and engagement.

I am a trained psychiatrist and have a masters in mental health law. I work as a forensic psychiatrist and have expertise and experience of providing evidence in legal proceedings to courts. I have specialist expertise in learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. I have provided second opinion reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals. I am able to provide psychiatric reports and advice on matters such as fitness to plead.

My special interests are in forensic issues and diagnosis in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including Asperger's syndrome. Working with people affected by ASD since 1991, working closely with forensic and other psychiatric services, social workers, solicitors and the court service since at least 2000. I receive referrals for assessment from various departments, typically considering diagnostic issues, risk, potential involvement of symptoms in criminal behaviour, and recommendation of supports to reduce recidivism....

Education & Neurodiversity Consultant • Expert Witness • Education: Safeguarding, Child-on-Child Abuse, SEND, EHCP, Staff Assault • Neurodiversity & Neuroinclusion in Employment Drawing on 20+ years in schools (headteacher; deputy and assistant headteacher; DSL; MHFA; SENCo) with MA(Hons), QTS, NASENCo and MSc Psychology, I provide CPR35-compliant expert reports on: • Special Educational Needs (EHC plans; tribunal; mediation; reasonable adjustments) • Safeguarding (child-on-child sexual violence; harmful sexualised behaviou...

Criminal Justice Expert Reports (defence/prosecution) Special areas of expertise: • Psychometric Testing • Learning Difficulties • Memory Testing • Suggestibility • Head Injury • Asperger's and Autistic disorders • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder • Detection of Malingering or otherwise • Sexual Offences • 'Viewing' offences •Driving, Fitness, Psychological (Cognitive) Assessment Personal Injury Expert Reports and/or Treatment Speci...

All aspects of general adult and forensic psychiatry

Core Expertise • Neurodiversity in public-sector and forensic contexts - 15 years’ experience working with neurodivergent adults and young people across police, prison, probation and regulatory settings. • Specialist focus on ADHD and autism and general neurodiversity, including long-term health conditions - assessment, differential diagnosis, behavioural formulation and prognostic opinion. Qualified to administer and interpret gold-standard autism diagnostic tools. • Causation and prognosis - clear, court-ready opinions on how neurodevelopme...

I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience of providing expert witness reports for the Court. Areas of expertise include personal injury, clinical negligence and assessments of mental health and Mental Capacity (MCA 2005) in relation to employment, housing and immigration matters. I am experienced in preparing reports for criminal proceedings, including fitness to plead/stand trial, criminal responsibility, mitigating circumstances, failure to provide. I have specialist expertise and knowledge of assessing individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions, e.g. learning...

Medico-legal assessments of children and young people and their families in public law (care proceedings - Single Joint Expert) • Medical negligence, negligence by public bodies, personal injury and coroner's inquests in children and young people • Reports in investigations by regulatory bodies • Youth offending: assessment for ADHD, autism, dangerousness, fitness to plead

Paediatric speech & language therapy • Development delay • Speech & language disorders • Autism spectrum disorder • Cerebral palsy • Down syndrome

A Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) • Areas of expertise include: • Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD in adults • IQ and cognitive functioning • Psychometric evaluation • Suggestibility • Intellectual disability • Fitness to plead or stand trial • Fitness to practise for psychologists • Psychiatric misdiagnosis • Specialist interest in providing expert witness testimony for cases involving adults with ASD (or a label of Asperger's syndrome) and/or general learning disabilit...

Dr Sanjay Suri has a total of 35 years’ experience with expertise in neuro-disability. His neuro-disability expertise includes cerebral palsy, spina bifida, genetic syndromes, sensory deficits, global developmental delay and autism. He has 20 years' experience in medico-legal work and attended the Bond Solon expert witness report writing course in 2022. He has also participated in a mini-pupillage and courtroom skills course in the past. He has provided reports for safeguarding cases, coroners inquests and police statements. He is able to report on condition and prognosis, personal i...

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 •...

• 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...

Psychiatric capacity assessments of complex and/or contested cases likely to be referred to or already before the Court of Protection - relating to people aged 18 years or over who have learning disability with or without autistic spectrum disorder and other psychiatric and mental disorders. Professional supervision for BIAs and others providing reports under the MCA 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard Assessments.