Disability

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

Dr Lucas in STANMORE
Expert in the field of chronic pain management • Assessment of the impact & consequences of chronic pain • Psychological assessment & treatment of chronic pain patients
Dr Blandford in CLACTON-ON-SEA
Adult psychological assessment for civil & criminal court proceedings: • Cognitive & intellectual functioning (e.g. IQ) • Daily adaptive/social functioning • Capacity & fitness to plead • Executive functioning (e.g. adaptive behaviour, abstract thinking, mental flexibility, problem solving, planning, inhibition & social behaviour) • Malingering • Memory • Suggestibility & compliance • Personality disorders & clinical syndromes • Dementing processes • Affective conditions (e.g. anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD)
Professor Khashu in WIMBORNE
Neonatology • Neonatal care • Neonatal intensive care • Neonatal safety • Quality improvement in neonatal care All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Vasu in ASHFORD
Dr Vimal Vasu is a Consultant in Neonatal Medicine at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent and an honorary senior lecturer at the School of Biosciences, University of Kent. He has been working as an expert witness since 2019 and holds a Masters Degree in Healthcare Law & ethics and the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Witness Certificate. His instruction ratio is ~65% claimant, ~35% defendant. His skills and expertise are in all aspects of neonatal medicine, including general neonatal care,...
Dr Varma in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Dr Varma is a consultant for pain medicine at Sunderland Royal Hospital. His clinics are at Newcastle, Washington and other venues by arrangement (home visits). Dr Varma accepts instructions involving multiple pain conditions, including: Complex regional pain syndromes • Pain following injury • Fibromyalgia • Work-related injury • Neuropathic pain • Musculoskeletal pain • Whiplash • Post-surgical pain syndromes • Persistent and unexplained pain
Mr Slyper in BOREHAMWOOD
Qualified electrical engineer & computer consultant specialising in disability, workstation assessments, assistive technology assessments, expert witness reports & litigation support • Working as expert witness for over 15 years, with experience in adapting computers, assistive technology & environmental controls for people with mobility problems, visual impairment, brain injury & learning difficulties, ergonomic issues or complex disabilities • Specialist assessments & CPR35-compliant expert witness reports...
Mr Collis in BINGLEY
SEND mediation • SEND Statutory Framework • SEND law
Mr Quah in WILMSLOW
I was a senior NHS Consultant Ophthalmologist and former Clinical Lead at East Cheshire NHS Trust. I retired from my NHS Consultant position in September 2022 and I practise privately in North West England and North Wales. I have published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, written two chapters and presented at international ophthalmological meetings. I am a member of many learned ophthalmological societies. I enjoy teaching, and I have been an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists since 2006. ...
Dr Mahmood in MANCHESTER
General adult psychiatry • PTSD • Trauma
Professor Lalkhen in SALFORD
Pain management: assessment, diagnosis & prognosis of all pain syndromes • Pain following injury • Work-related pain disorders • Persistent & unexplained pain • Pain management programmes • Complications of analgesic management • Postoperative nerve problems • Chronic pain syndromes • Myofascial pain syndromes • Fibromyalgia • Pain in terminal disease • Spinal cord stimulation • Anaesthesia: general & regional anaesthesia • Epidural & spinal injections • Complications of postoperative analgesia • Acute pain & its consequences • Complex...
Ms Hanisch in KENDAL
Age range: Adults, children and young people Quantum reports covering a wide range of injuries caused by accident or negligence, including: • Amputation • Brain injury • Chronic pain • Orthopaedics • Stroke • Visual impairment/sensory loss • Post-traumatic stress • Psychological conditions & depression, including epigenetic/unexplained trauma Report Types: • Quantum - wrongful birth • Care/case management • Care/occupational health • Loss of service • Occupational therapy/equipment
Dr Giannouladis in LIMAVADY
Cataract surgery • Refractive surgery (e.g. LASIK, PRK) • Glaucoma diagnosis & management • Retinal surgery (e.g. vitrectomy) • Corneal transplantation • Oculoplastic surgery (e.g. eyelid surgery) • Paediatric ophthalmology • Neuro-ophthalmology • Ocular oncology • Expert opinions on ophthalmic-related legal cases All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Miller in NORTHWOOD
Neurology • Autoimmune encephalitis • MRI analysis • Neuropsychology • Episodic memory • Memory disorders • Hippocampal dysfunction 'Dr Miller's report was very easy to organise and it arrived with us quite quickly.' Natasha Bolton, JNP Legal All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Professor Davis in PRESTON
Head injury • Brain damage • Neck injuries • Spinal cord injuries • Lumbar spine problems • Pain syndromes • Back disorders • Negligence • Screening • Free phone discussion • Settlement at 1 year • Pro bono advice • 30 years' experience Also at: Greater Lancashire Hospital, Wyder Court, Millennium City Park, Preston , PR2 5BW.
Dr Panjwani in LEICESTER
Neonatal nutrition • Neonatal care • Neonatal transport All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Habibi in LONDON
Paediatric intensive care • Emergency medicine • Infectious diseases • Meningococcal disease • Meningitis & septicaemia • Respiratory diseases • Ethical issues • General paediatrics • Life expectancy • Sleep medicine
Mr Hakin in TAUNTON
Certificate of Expert Witness Accreditation (Cardiff University) • General ophthalmology • Cataract surgery • Eyelid, lacrimal & orbital disorders • Cosmetic eyelid surgery • Facial laser skin surgery • Ocular trauma • Member of the EWI Also at: London Eye Diagnostic Centre, 25 Harley Street, London , W1G 9QW. Additional e-mails: [email protected] [email protected]
Dr Cleland in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Epilepsy • Head injury • Post-traumatic neurological syndromes • Back injury • Neck injury • Multiple sclerosis • Headache • Dizziness • Memory problems
Dr Greene in GLASGOW
All aspects of neurology • Neurological consequences of head and spinal injury • Epilepsy, blackouts and other causes of loss of awareness • Memory problems, dementias and other cognitive disorders
Professor Kennard in email/phone contact only
Clinical neurology • Clinical neuro-ophthalmology • Head injuries
Mrs Halsall in WIGAN
Vocational, employment & functional expert • Capacity for work • Functional abilities & limitations • Employment prospects • Suitable occupations • Pre & post-injury earning potential • Evidence-based vocational expert witness assessments
Dr Jonathan Valentine MB ChB FRCA FFPMRCA FRCP in THARSTON
Most chronic pain conditions/syndromes • Complex presentation with chronic pain & associated disability Secretaries: Julie Summers-Frost and Tracey Hannant E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01603 819115
in STOCKPORT
We understand the need for a professional service and rapid timescales, within Legal Aid Agency guidelines. Our expert Psychologists and Psychiatrists can provide adult and child assessments within: • Public and private law proceedings • Pre-proceedings • Criminal proceedings • Court of Protection proceedings • Immigration proceedings • Personal injury • Clinical negligence Please contact us to make a referral, discuss your requirements or find out more about the services we can provide.
Mrs Pocknell in ASHFORD
Nurse expert witness providing care needs reports with reference to multiple trauma, catastrophic injury & acquired brain injury • Cost of injury, disability or death • Care needs quantification • Medical & nursing care, aids & equipment requirements • Rehabilitation assessment • Functional ability & life skills assessment • Professional & clinical advice to solicitors & insurers regarding nursing care & treatment • Breach of nursing care causation, liability, condition & prognosis reports undertaken
Professor Sinclair in MAIDENHEAD
• Director and Clinical Gerontologist, Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People (FDROP) • Visiting Professor in Diabetes Care, King's College, London WHO-recognised expert in older people, frailty and diabetes • Care home medicine and pressure sore care • Geriatric medicine • Diabetes mellitus • Older people • Frailty • Dementia • Stroke illness • General medicine • Hypoglycaemia • Fitness to Stand Trial assessments • Member of Faculty of Expert Witnesses Happy to undertake face-to-face assessment in client home, legal...
Dr Slade in BATLEY
All matters relating to optometric practice, including eye examinations and sight tests, spectacle dispensing, contact lens fitting and review, and referrals to other professionals • General Optical Council Rules • NHS matters relating to General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) regulations, NHS Optical Charges and Payments regulations, including claiming procedures and post-payment verification, eye health policy and poor performance
Mr Scott-Watson in STOURBRIDGE
Orthopaedic trauma • All aspects of bone & soft tissue injury, including limb & spinal injuries • Special interest: cervical spine injury & consequences Also consulting rooms at: Birmingham, Coventry, Oxford, Bristol & Swindon. • Over 25,000 reports • Corporate International Orthopaedic Therapy Expert Witness of the Year in the United Kingdom - 2023 • Leaders in Law Global Awards 2022 Orthopaedic Therapy Services Expert of the Year in the UK • Advisory Excellence Orthopaedic Therapy Expert England, 2022 • Leaders...
Professor Saxena in CARDIFF
Pain management/medicine • Back pain • Neck pain • Complex regional pain syndrome • Neuropathic pain • Fibromyalgia • Chronic widespread pain • Acute pain • Post-traumatic pain • Post-surgical pain • Medically unexplained pain
Dr McCarthy in BRISTOL
I provide clinical psychology expert witness reports for court in the areas of personal injury and medical negligence involving children and adolescents. The reports assess the impact of traumatic events on the psychological functioning of children, the nature of the injury suffered and give recommendations for treatment. I provide clinical psychology expert witness reports for court proceedings involving public and private legal cases involving the care and upbringing of children and adolescents.
Dr Baloch in GUILDFORD
All aspects of chronic pain management, including chronic pain syndromes, whiplash & complex regional pain syndromes
Mr Kiely in OSWESTRY
I commenced my consultant post in January 2004. I am based in Oswestry, but also hold clinics in Wrexham. My practice is 75% children's orthopaedics and 25% adult orthopaedics. My adult practice specialises in limb deformity and young adult hip disorders. I have been undertaking medico-legal work since May 2004. I receive instructions from solicitors, medical report agencies and the GMC. I undertake medical negligence cases related to paediatric orthopaedic and young adult hip cases. My areas of paediatric...
Dr Kurian in WOLVERHAMPTON
All aspects of general adult psychiatry, including: • Mental Health Act appeals • Psychiatric sequelae of injuries • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Stress-related psychiatric disorders Initial contact by email or telephone only
Dr Sinha in UPMINSTER
Ultrasound and fluoroscopic-guided interventional procedures • Spinal pain • Complex chronic pain All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Stein in LONDON
All adult general psychiatry 16-65 age group • Subspecialty: post-partum psychiatric disorders • Bonding difficulties • Adult psychiatric assessments of mothers in care proceedings with social services • Personal injury • Injury, somatization, road traffic accidents, PTSD, psychiatric negligence • Some forensic experience (not homicide) • Asylum seekers • Forensic psychiatry, including prison assessments • Immigration cases • Psychiatric aspects of crime
Mrs Sargent in SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
I have provided over 3000 expert reports on the costs of providing care in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. I have 50 associate experts in my team who prepare expert reports on care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, occupational health and liability nursing care reports.
Mr Garston in LONDON
Consultant ophthalmic surgeon • Expertise in personal injury & medical negligence cases relating to eye injuries & brain injuries • Expert in preparing reports on opticians' standards of practice & refractive surgery Please e-mail me for appointments or my secretary Kathie Davies Tel: 07870 685825 E-mail: [email protected]
Dr Sinnathuray in WINDSOR
General paediatrics • Tertiary neonatal medicine • Neonatal transport 'Dr Sinnathuray was quick to respond, which is helpful. He was also helpful when I had further questions to go back to him. So that was really good.' Megan Gorry, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board c/o NWSSP All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Fellerman in LEEDS
Expert in medico-legal reporting, with particular interest in whiplash injuries, sports injuries & general disabilities • Clinical negligence
Cleaver in STOWMARKET
Statutory Special Educational Needs & Disabilities mediation & ADR • Statutory Special Educational Needs & Disabilities judicial ADR • Statutory Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Tribunal Appeals (SEND Chamber) • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Statutory Framework & legislation • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Mental Capacity Assessments • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Youth Offending Team • Statutory Education, Health & Care Plan analysis & composition • Accredited CMC Training Provider...
Mr Luck in BATH
I can provide expert opinion in all areas of ophthalmic practice, with particular interest in: • Trauma • Cataract surgery • Vision correction (refractive) surgery, including laser vision correction • Corneal and external eye disease • Paediatric ophthalmology
Professor Monteiro in MANCHESTER
Personal injury, particularly Road Traffic Accidents & PTSD • Accidental injuries • Workplace injuries • Mental health & deafness • Assessment of clients with communication problems • Deaf clients only for forensic reports • Reports for industrial tribunals on deafness & tinnitus • Reports for health insurance claims • Fitness to work • Military psychiatry training January 2017 • Professor of Health & Society, University of Salford Remote assessments (Zoom) • Home/external visits offered on request Also at: (i) Business Lodge, Barcroft...
Ms Woolcomb in CHESHAM
Complex disability • Neuro-disability • Pressure ulcer • Postural management • Continence • Orthopaedics • Loss of service HCPC Registration OT20887
Dr Jacobson in BECKENHAM
I have special interests in the fields of: • Neuropsychiatry • Affective disorders, including bipolar disorder • Psychiatric disorders following accidents, including post-traumatic stress disorder • Chronic pain • Neuropsychiatric sequelae of head injury • Brain damage in children & adults • Assessment of capacity
Dr Nabavi in BIRMINGHAM
• Section 12(2) Approved • Medical Director - Priory Hospital Barnt Green • Medical Director - Birmingham Neuromodulation Centre (rTMS Therapy) • Honorary Senior Lecturer at Aston Medial School Psychiatric disorders • Negligence • Personal injury • Adult ADHD • PTSD • Complex PTSD • Trauma sequelae (personal injury) • Personality disorder • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead/stand trial and disposal • Dangerousness and psychiatric risk assessment • Offender psychiatric assessment • Capacity assessment • Disability assessment •...
Dr Hunt in CAMBRIDGE
Consultant in adult psychiatry • Experience as an expert in both civil & criminal proceedings related to psychiatric disorder, both reactions to injury & other mental illness • Trained as a single joint expert • Published on mood disorders, particularly manic depression • Book: Bipolar Disorder - Your Questions Answered • Affiliated Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge
Dr Mahmood in BROUGH
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a special interest in high-volume cataract surgery, paediatric ophthalmology, squint surgery, including adjustable suture surgery, and complex lens exchange surgery. Expert in the following: General ophthalmology • Cataract surgery • Lens exchange • Retinal dystrophies • Paediatric uveitis • Paediatric ophthalmology • ROP treatment • Paediatric cataract surgery • Strabismus surgery • Neuro-ophthalmology
Dr Series in OXFORD
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust) & Member, Faculty of Law (University of Oxford) • Mental health problems of all kinds in older people • Capacity & incapacity (including current & retrospective testamentary capacity, & LPA & COP3 certificates) • Mental Health Act work • Psychopharmacology • Dementia, depression, psychosis & anxiety disorders • Negligence • Training provider • CUBS Expert Witness Certificate • Civil & criminal Mental Capacity Act work
Dr Hartnoll in LONDON
I have been a Consultant Neonatologist since 1999 working in tertiary level neonatal units covering both medical and surgical conditions until I retired from NHS clinical work at the end of December 2019. I am able to give expert opinion on all aspects of neonatal care, including the medical care of the surgical baby, and complications of prematurity, perinatal injury and birth asphyxia.
Dr Adedokun in MANCHESTER
Dr Adedokun has extensive clinical experience in the management of various chronic pain syndromes including persistent neck, back or neuropathic pain especially following personal & occupational injuries, with experience in medical negligence claims • Dr Adedokun's experience also includes other chronic pain conditions such atypical facial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, post herpetic neuralgia, & other neuropathic pain syndromes, complex headaches, complex regional pain syndrome, cancer pain, musculo-skeletal...
Dr Clarke in LONDON
Also consulting at: 88 Rodney Street, LIVERPOOL, L1 9AR Neurology, general • Head injury • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) • Spinal cord injury • Cervical injuries • High altitude & mountain medicine • Epilepsy • Multiple sclerosis • Cold injury • Medical negligence • General medico-legal work • Disability assessments • Genuineness of complaints • Stroke • Parkinson's disease • Motor neurone disease • Brain tumours • Whiplash injuries • Subarachnoid haemorrhage • Meningitis • Sequelae of anaesthetic accidents • Health fraud
Mr Pople in BRISTOL
Hydrocephalus • Spina bifida • Childhood neurological conditions (paediatric neurosurgery) • Lumbar disc disorders • Head injury • Neuro-endoscopy • Child abuse affecting the brain
Mr Cameron in EDINBURGH
General optometry & community eye testing standards & requirements of opticians & optometrists • Missed pathology (including retinal disease, anterior eye disease, glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, etc.) • Diagnosis & management of eye disorders in community • Failure to refer to secondary care • Breach of duty of care by optometrists & opticians • Regulatory breaches regarding testing of sight • Contact lens practice • Independent therapeutic prescribing by optometrists • Medical negligence relating to eye disease...
Dr Brow in LONDON
All aspects of general adult and forensic psychiatry
Dr Kopuri in LONDON
Neonatal intensive care • Neonatology • Neonatal medicine • Paediatrics • Interested in clinical neonatology, neonatal nutrition, body composition of infants, neonatal non-invasive ventilation All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Pinder in WIRRAL
I have experience in all areas of neurological rehabilitation. My main area of expertise is the assessment & rehabilitation of brain injury from any cause - many are patients with head injury. I deal with all types of head injury, from mild post-concussive symptoms to severe disability. I also assess & treat patients with spinal cord injury, as well as patients with multiple trauma.
Dr Frazer in LEEDS
I undertake the assessment of claimants and defendants in civil claims, including personal injury and medical negligence cases. I undertake the assessment of defendants in possession claims by housing organisations. I have stopped taking any criminal or family law cases. I have retired from the NHS but continue to sit on the NEAP committee and to train doctors who seek reapproval under the MHA (1983). I am AC and Section 12(2)-approved. I am an on-call psychiatrist for Cygnet Hospitals Bradford.
Mrs Jennings in LEEDS
Julie Jennings heads a team of experienced and specialist occupational therapists. Fully costed reports are produced for all age groups and conditions, e.g. amputations, brain injury, brachial plexus lesions, cerebral palsy, hand injuries, industrial diseases, neurological damage, musculoskeletal injuries, paediatrics, psychiatry, spinal cord injury, medical negligence and disputes. Reports consider (with costs): • Ability/disability • Aids & equipment • Housing • Transport • Rehabilitation • Care & total permanent disability...
Dr Devine in BRISTOL
My consultant role includes both acute and more long-stay traditional geriatric and general medicine, and I have an interest in perioperative care and syncope. I have extensive experience of writing legal reports on acute medical matters, as well as more specific geriatric problems such as falls and delirium.
Dr Mallen in NORWICH
Dr John Mallen is in private practice as a Clinical Neuropsychologist. He is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) and is approved by the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist (Registration Number: PYL 15629). Dr John Mallen has completed the appropriate British Psychological Society specialist conversion courses in Postgraduate Clinical Neuropsychology and Expert Witness Training, demonstrating the necessary skills, experience...
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 Compensation...
Mr Durnian in MANCHESTER
Mr Durnian has worked as an expert witness in all areas of general ophthalmology, as well as the more specialised area of neuro-ophthalmology, dealing with complex cases of both visual loss following the delayed diagnosis of brain tumours and the complex visual problems following catastrophic brain injury. His main services include adult squint surgery, cataract surgery, medical glaucoma management, dry eye, blepharitis and lid cysts. Consulting at: Liverpool Eye Hospital
Dr Albazzaz in NOTTINGHAM
Consultant stroke physician, geriatrician & general medicine practitioner • Special interest in stroke & old age disease • Previously Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield Medical School • Extensive experience in all aspects of acute stroke, thrombolysis, thrombectomy, stroke rehabilitation, geriatric & general medicine • Experience in the assessment of disability, falls & rehabilitation, mental capacity assessment, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, movement disorders & osteoporosis • Pressure sores • Medical...
Mrs Barnes in LEICESTER
Asbestos-related illness • Respiratory conditions (including mesothelioma and lung cancer) • Oncology • Long-term conditions and chronic illnesses (including multi organ failure and dementia) • Neurological conditions • Life-limiting illnesses • End of life/palliative care • Chronic pain • Pressure ulcers and wound management • Psychological and mental health implications • Stoma • Post-surgical complications • Orthopaedic injury and amputation • Loss of service • Care • Breach of duty
Mr Groux in CROYDON
Assessing accommodation needs at home & in the workplace for severely injured or physically/mentally disabled people • Formulating reports on suitability of properties to accommodate disabled persons in terms of mobility requirements, access & special needs • Designing suitable accommodation for disabled users based on expertise developed over 40+ years specialising in designing for the disabled • Assessing & commenting on third party reports by other expert witnesses • Advises plaintiffs & defendants in personal...
Dr Orrell in LONDON
Neurology • Whiplash • Head injury • Muscle injury • Nerve injury • Neurogenetics • Headache • Migraine • Epilepsy • Stroke • Neuropathy • Neuropathic pain • Neuromuscular disorders • Neurological diseases & disorders • Neurodegenerative diseases • Muscular pain & disorders • Brain injury, diseases & disorders Also at: (i) Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire, AL7 4HQ. (ii) Spire Harpenden Hospital, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, AL5 4BP. (iii) Wellington Hospital, London , NW8 9LE. (iv)...
Dr Mehrez in MILTON KEYNES
Personal injury • Chronic pain • Whiplash-associated disorder • Whiplash injury • Medical negligence • CRPS • Widespread pain • Back pain • Neck pain • Spinal pain • Surgical pain • Fibromyalgia • Pelvic pain • Nerve pain
Mr Garston in MANCHESTER
Consultant ophthalmic surgeon • Expertise in personal injury & medical negligence cases relating to eye injuries & brain injuries • Expert in preparing reports on opticians' standards of practice & refractive surgery Consults in London & Manchester. Please e-mail details of requests to me or my secretary Kathie Davies Tel: 07870 685825 E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Kat in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Psychological reports in civil, family & criminal cases • Psychometric tests • Psychological assessments & therapies in relation to trauma, emotional & mental health problems • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Mrs Aykroyd in OTLEY
Spinal cord injury • Rehabilitation • Disability
Dr Laidlaw in GLOUCESTER
Civil & criminal court reports • Expert witness trained • General adult & forensic psychiatry • Post-traumatic stress disorder & psychiatric aspects of personal injury • Occupational stress • Medical negligence • Parental assessments in child care cases • Electroconvulsive therapy
Mr Faull in BRIGHTON
Experienced in providing expert reports & expert evidence in court in connection with all types of litigation support work, including: • Personal injury • Fatal accident • Clinical negligence • Professional negligence claims • Loss of profit claims • Business & share valuations • Loss of earnings, loss of pension benefits and loss of chance of higher earnings are particular specialities • Forensic investigations • Willing to undertake claimant & defendant work • Over 1000 expert reports prepared • Numerous court appearances • Estimates...
Dr Lawson in HALIFAX
Psychiatric Complex Capacity Assessments/disputed cases being considered for orders by or already being considered by the Court of Protection - relating to people aged 18 years or over who have learning disability with or without Autistic Spectrum Disorder (MCA 2005 & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard Assessments)
Dr Mannan in LONDON
Psychiatric reports • Special interest in UK immigration cases • Fluent Arabic & knowledge of Arabic-speaking countries • Ability to consider subject's condition in context of country conditions • Prepared to undertake investigation as to underlying causes of trauma & matters relating to need for report • Assessment of mental capacity • Fitness to plead • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Negligence in mental health • MSc - Masters Degree (Clinical & Public Health Aspects of Addiction), London • LLM - Masters Degree Medical...
Mrs Utting in DONCASTER
Spinal injuries • Acquired brain injury • Amputations (leg or arm) • Complex medical needs
Dr Zdrali in WEYBRIDGE
Preparation of psychological assessments and expert witness psychology reports for court, specialising in the field of family court, personal injury and clinical negligence, including psychometric testing, assessment of mental health and mental capacity (MCA, 2005). Expert witness training in psychology was undertaken at the British Psychological Society. I have specialist expertise and knowledge of assessing individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions, e.g. learning disabilities/learning difficulties,...
Dr Laher in LEICESTER
• Consultant Chartered Clinical and Health Psychologist (BPS) • Registered Practitioner Psychologist (HCPC) • Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (BABCP) I have been qualified for over 25 years largely working in NHS adult services within the specialities of mental health, health psychology and physical rehabilitation/pain management - taking a lead role in service development and innovation. I currently work in private practice and I am the Managing Director of an independent psychological consultancy,...
Dr Michael in LEATHERHEAD
Neurology • Neurological effects of disease • Neurological effects of trauma • Neurological effects of stress • Lately Senior Consultant Neurologist to Kings College Hospital
Dr Sidery in THETFORD
My expertise is in pain management. I am conversant with the management of axial pain, sciatica, CRPS, neuropathic pain, whiplash, and headache, neuroablative techniques such as radiofrequency denervation, pulsed radiofrequency and spinal cord stimulation. I provide specialist pain management reports for the courts following instruction for personal injury and medical negligence cases and prepare reports on the instruction of claimant and defendant parties, including a joint instruction.
Dr Spoto in LONDON
Mental illness • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Family law • Testamentary capacity • Court of Protection • Forensic psychiatry • Mental Health Act • Psychotherapy • Road traffic accidents • Mental Health Review Tribunals • Immigration • Personal injury • Clinical negligence • Employment law • Member of Council of the Medicolegal Society • Member of the Independent Doctor Federation sitting on the Education Committee
Dr Mangion in BOSTON
I have extensive experience in the fields of stroke medicine, geriatric medicine and internal medicine at consultant level. I am familiar with clinical practice in these fields. In recent years, my main work has been in stroke medicine. My areas of expertise are stroke medicine, geriatric medicine and internal medicine.
Dr Garcia Reitboeck in LONDON
General neurology (disorders of and injuries to the nervous system, i.e. brain, spinal cord, nerves, muscles) • Stroke • Headache • Parkinson's disease • Disorders affecting memory or thinking • Dementia • Capacity assessments • Myasthenia gravis • Motor neurone disease
Dr Green in CHIGWELL
Dr Alice Green has 20 years' experience of working in crisis and acute adult mental health within the NHS, as well as establishing and running a highly successful independent practice, providing expert witness services, specialist psychological consultation and therapy to clients referred by solicitors, insurance companies and rehabilitation services. Medico-legal work includes the preparation of psychological assessments and expert witness psychology reports for court, specialising in the field of personal...
Mr Bates in LONDON
I am an orthopaedic trauma surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, specialising in injuries to the limbs and pelvis. I treat injuries to both upper and lower limbs and I specialise in treating fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum. I am also an expert in amputations and osseointegration for amputees with short stumps and socket problems. I am therefore happy to accept instructions on: • Orthopaedic injuries to upper or lower limbs • Fractures of acetabulum or pelvis • Multiple injuries involving several parts of...
Dr Paviour in LONDON
General neurology • Headache • Movement disorder • Parkinson's disease • Clinical negligence • Neurological problems in pregnancy • Obstetric neurology
Dr Steadman in LONDON
I have been a Consultant Psychiatrist with Oxleas NHS Trust since 1999 and I have been providing medico-legal reports for over 20 years. I am very experienced in personal injury and clinical negligence work, and provide reports for many leading claimant and defendant solicitors. I deal with most areas of psychiatry and levels of complexity, and have a particular interest in chronic pain, somatisation, head injury cases, PTSD and depression. I have provided advice to the BMA Board of Science, on mental health...
Dr Elrington in email contact only
Consultant Neurologist since 1993 • Areas of special expertise: • Headache • Chronic disability • Multiple sclerosis (Highly Commended by MS Society 1999) • Neuropsychiatry (Member of British Neuropsychiatric Association) Also at: (i) 10 Harley Street, London , W1G 9PF. (ii) Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend , SS2 4XH. (iii) Zen Clinic, 143 London Road, Colchester , CO3 8NZ.
Dr O'Rourke in CHESTER
Mental Health Review Tribunals - assessment of psychological need & risk in relation to individuals detained under the MHA (1983) • Personal injury claims - deaf & hearing clients • Criminal cases: fitness to plead, intellectual ability & impact of deafness, risk assessment & risk management, mental health & deafness • Mental health & trauma • Family/child care proceedings: assessments of deaf & hearing adults in relation to child care proceedings; presence/absence of a learning disability & the impact of this ( & /or...
Dr Turner in MANCHESTER
Pain management • Assessment, diagnosis & prognosis of unexplained persistent pain & disability following injury • Anaesthetics: general & regional anaesthesia • Pain from injuries due to road traffic accidents, trauma injuries related to the neck, skeletal, soft tissue & spine • Continuing pain following surgery • Management of pain, pain management programmes, pain therapy & relief • Chronic pain syndromes & pain-related disability • Fibromyalgia • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy & complex regional pain syndrome All correspondence...
Dr Vesey in NOTTINGHAM
My routine practice involves the care of people with neurological illness or injury, including acquired brain injury, MS, movement disorder, epilepsy, neurodegenerative conditions, functional conditions and neurodevelopmental conditions. I am jointly responsible for adult neuropsychology services at Nottingham University Hospitals neurosciences unit. I have undertaken medico-legal work for 23 years in criminal and civil proceedings. I have reported in cases of brain injury, dementia, fitness to plead, dissociative...
Mrs Parvia in CHESHAM
Community midwife • Home births • Midwifery-led units • Safeguarding • ENS cases Registration: 00I2473E
Dr Herron in BELFAST
I specialise in fatal injuries to the head & spine. This may be in relation to murder with fatal assault, shaken baby syndrome, non-accidental injury, road traffic accidents, industrial injuries or any other causes of head or spine trauma. My expertise has been used in many murder cases. Additional email: [email protected]
Dr Sharma in MANSFIELD
Cataract surgery • Ophthalmology Ophthalmologist with 17 years of experience. I am a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London (FRCOphth). All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Moosa in BLACKBURN
Personal injury • Medical negligence • Family courts proceedings • Criminal & forensic reports • PTSD • Occupational health • Adult ADHD • Drugs & alcohol • Sexual abuse • Personality disorders • Mood disorders & psychoses
Dr Cullen in email contact only
Personal injury: • PTSD • Depression • Chronic pain & medically unexplained symptoms • Exacerbation of pre-existing mental illness • Traumatic brain injury • Neuropsychiatry • Criminal: • Fitness to plead • Mens rea assessments • Drug & alcohol assessments • CICA assessments • Family: • Parental mental health assessments • Personality disorders • Drug & alcohol assessments • Employment: • Disability & discrimination • Disciplinary proceedings • Assessments for work • Housing: • Disability & vulnerability due to mental illness • Capacity: • Testamentary...
Dr Abankwa in NORTH SHIELDS
Traumatic brain injury • Cerebral haemorrhage • Subarachnoid haemorrhage • Multiple sclerosis • Spinal cord injury • Major limb amputation • Hypoxic brain injury • Cerebral palsy in adulthood • Management & prevention of pressure ulcers • Management of complex neurological disability • General disability • Prolonged disorders of consciousness • Painful conditions, e.g. complex regional pain syndrome
Dr Chandrasekaran in WALLASEY
Neonatology • Prenatal care • High-risk infant deliveries • Neonatal emergencies All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Mr Forrester in BY LAURENCEKIRK
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...
Mr Rex in LONDON
GBRW Expert Witness is based in the City of London and includes the former practice of Associated Insurance Experts. Since 1995, our directors and associates contracted by us have been instructed as experts in commercial, retail and investment banking, investment management, insurance and reinsurance (broking and underwriting), pensions, stockbroking, trading, derivatives, commodities and HR disputes. Four of our directors - Paul Rex, David Croft, Tim Dowlen and John Turnbull - are active as experts and our...
Dr Simpson in LEEDS
40 years managing chronic pain • Post-traumatic/plexus pain • Headache/facial • Whiplash • Post-surgical • Spinal/CES • Cancer • Post-amputation • Nerve blocks • Pain interventions • Spinal blocks • Epidurals • Implantable spinal systems • Neuropathic pain/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome • Pelvic pain Additional email: [email protected]
Mr Simmons in LEEDS
Personal injury to the eyes • Cataract surgery • Paediatric ophthalmology (any aspect) • Adult squints & motility problems • Neuro-ophthalmology • Ophthalmic neuro-oncology • General ophthalmology • Ophthalmic complications of traumatic brain injury • Birth-related injuries Additional email: [email protected]
Mr Clearkin in WIRRAL
Ophthalmology • Ophthalmic surgery Additional website: http://www.eyelawchambers.com/experts/mr-louis-clearkin/
Ms Smales in LONDON
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, including completion of HCR20s • Mental Health Review Tribunals • Social work holistic needs assessments • Health and Social Care...
Ms Winspeare in GILLINGHAM
Forensic accounting • Insurance claims • Business interruption claims • Increased costs of working • Stock claims • Personal injury actions • Fatal accident claims • Loss of pension • Loss of benefits • Loss of profit • Loss of dependency • Contractual disputes • Agency disputes • Breach of warranty • Contentious valuations • Shareholder disputes • Matrimonial disputes • Probate disputes
Dr Wilkins in MAIDENHEAD
I am a consultant general adult and forensic psychiatrist. My name is on the Specialist Register. I have provided expert witness services for over 40 years. I regularly receive instructions from solicitors, regulatory bodies, local authorities and others in relation to legal proceedings - criminal, civil and tribunal proceedings. I have received accredited training and have been an accredited trainer.
Dr Dolin in LONDON
Pain medicine • Pain management of acute and chronic pain • Post-surgical and post-traumatic pain • Neuropathic pain • Visceral pain • Chronic musculoskeletal pain • Chronic primary pain • Complex regional pain syndrome • Fibromyalgia • Neck pain • Mid back pain • Low back pain • Whiplash injury pain • Expertise in diagnosis, causation, treatment, prognosis and assessment of work and leisure prospects from the chronic pain perspective Consults in Goring-by-Sea, Chichester, London and Scotland
Professor Claoue in LONDON
Diseases & injuries of the visual system • Eye disease & surgery, including corneal & refractive surgery, trauma, lens & cataract surgery • Clinical negligence Also consulting at: (i) The Hartswood Hospital, Eagle Way, Brentwood , CM13 3LE. (ii) 22A Harley Street, London , W1G 6AU.
Professor Chhetri in MANCHESTER
Professor Chhetri covers all neurological conditions, including headache, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and nerve and muscle disease. He has a specialist interest in motor neurone disease.
Dr Valinejad in DARTFORD
I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has previously worked for the NHS for 25 years and has established my own psychological service since 2014. My specialist area is psychological trauma. I run a busy expert witness and psychological therapy practice. In addition, I provide specialist assessments, namely neuropsychological assessments for individuals who have suffered brain injury and any other type of neuropathology. I have been instructed in civil, family and criminal proceedings. I am a Member...
Dr Boyle in GLASGOW
Contact • Residence • Children's panel • Education • Criminal (adolescence & adults) • Reparation • Learning difficulties, including adults • Child abuse • Fostering & adoption • Child & adolescent psychology • Immigration appeals CV will be E-mailed on request I have supplied reports to and given evidence in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, Belfast High Court, and in most Scottish High Courts and Sheriff courts, on over 1000 occasions. I am registered as an Expert with the law societies of Scotland and Ireland. I am chartered...
Dr Hardie in NOTTINGHAM
Traumatic brain & spinal injuries • Clinical & occupational neurology • Disability assessment • Neurological rehabilitation • Cerebrovascular disease: intracranial aneurysms, AVMs, TIA & stroke services, thrombolysis for acute stroke • Sport-related injuries, especially concussion & spinal injuries • Military medicine & defence medical rehabilitation • War pensions & armed forces compensation Also consulting in Bristol & Harley Street, London
Mr Cherry in PRESTON
My areas of expertise are as follows: • Personal injury, which includes medical negligence; fatal accident claims; insurance claims; loss of earnings and pension rights • Valuations and disputes • Arbitration services and expert determination • Professional negligence • Divorce investigations and valuations • Fraud and regulatory investigations • Money laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act applications • Forensic auditing I have been instructed by both claimant and defendant solicitors to advise the court on claims...
Dr Donner in BERKHAMSTED
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...
Dr Moodley in LONDON
Acute neurological emergencies (stroke and non-stroke-related brain and peripheral neurological injuries) • General neurology • Cognitive disorders (including mild cognitive impairment, dementia, delirium and encephalitis) • CSF disorders (CSF pressure disorders and hydrocephalus) Completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate
Dr Davies in CARDIFF
Regular appointments at Cyncoed Consulting Rooms, Cardiff and by arrangement at London, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool. 24 years' consultant level experience • MRCPsych exams passed and CUBS accredited • Usual availability 6-8 weeks • Fees £300/hour+VAT • Adult psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Psychiatric reactions to illness and trauma, including PTSD and depression • Psychiatric aspects of chronic pain - somatoform disorders
Dr Gross in HARROW
1990-2001 Chairman Neurosciences & Consultant Neurologist, Royal Surrey County Hospital • 1998 & 1999 shortlisted as UK Hospital Doctor of the Year • June 2001 full-time private practice covering all aspects of clinical neurology • Particular interest in medical reports for legal purposes • Accredited in neurology & neurophysiology • Annual appraisal • Named in 'Tatler' 250, Best UK Specialists 2013 • Consultant Neurologist - Director of 'The Body Factory', Rehabilitation & Therapies Centre Consultations at: (i) Clementine...
Mrs Green in TARPORLEY
The Bunbury Agency has been providing domiciliary quantum and staff placement reports to solicitors on personal injury cases for the past 25 years. I joined the Agency in 2004 as care manager and I have been writing expert witness reports since 2005. In 2009 I became a certified expert witness, having completed a Bond Solon Expert Witness course in conjunction with Cardiff University. My knowledge and understanding of the domiciliary care industry is now considerable, enabling me to assess in depth a client's...
Dr Gaspar in OSWESTRY
I have been a consultant in pain medicine since 1998 and writing medico-legal reports since 2008. I have attained the Cardiff University and Bond Solon Certification as an Expert Witness in Civil Law in 2015. I deal both with personal injury and complex clinical negligence cases. I have written articles relating to the role of the pain specialist offering the courts an explanation of the basic science and mechanisms as to how pain becomes chronic. I deal with all areas of chronic pain, including whiplash,...
Mrs Bush in CRIEFF
A professional, independent Health and Social Care Consultant/Case Manager/Independent Assessor/Care Expert/Independent Social Worker with over 30 years' professional experience in health, social care and social work settings. I am well qualified in undertaking assessments and writing reports in respect of medical negligence, personal injury, breach of duty and quantum of care, and writing independent social work reports for various service user groups. Areas of expertise Brain injury • Disability • Cerebral palsy •...
Dr Shah in BARNET
I am a doctor of medicine practising for over 22 years as an NHS England hospital-based Consultant Physician and an accredited specialist in Stroke and Neurovascular Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Adult Internal Medicine. I accept instructions as a medical expert in civil and criminal cases of medical negligence and adult safeguarding on behalf of the claimant or defendant or as an SJE. I provide expert witness and condition and prognosis reports, and am happy to attend court hearings and coroner's inquests.
Dr Lewis in SOLIHULL
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...
Dr Drayton in BIRMINGHAM
I am able to provide psychological reports that will answer the questions in your letter of instruction. The reports will be written for a legal audience, in plain English, with no psychobabble. All my reports will have clear recommendations and practical advice on how the person being assessed can be helped. I am also an Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator. Employment Assessment of: • Effects of work-related stress • Effect of alleged stress on employees • Mental health problems at work • Workplace discrimination...
Ms Cawdry in YORK
I undertake quantum care & occupational therapy reports on a wide range of injury types including, but not exclusively: • Amputation • Brain injury • Cauda equina • Cerebral palsy • Chronic pain • Upper limb injury • Incontinence • Injuries from general medical/surgical conditions • Oncology • Orthopaedic conditions • Spinal injury • Strokes • Visual impairment • Sensory loss • Manual handling • Stoma care. I am happy to undertake initial telephone discussions with solicitors to identify if my clinical experience meets their client's needs.
Dr Karim in PORTSMOUTH
• Preparation of high-quality medical reports offering a holistic approach to cover all medical, psychological and mental health concerns • Fluent in English, Bengali, Sylheti, Urdu and Hindi languages • Specialist interest in UK immigration cases • Reports for visa application, deportation, asylum seekers, disability, vulnerability and memory issues • Understand cultural and country differences of various regions, including Asia, Africa, Middle East, Eastern European • Effects of removal on subjects to country...
Dr Thorley in LEICESTER
Assessment & diagnosis of children, adolescents & young adults • Treatment of mental health problems • Expertise in the effects of personal injury & medical negligence • Neuropsychological assessment of brain injuries in children • Domiciliary visits also possible nationwide
Mr Humberstone in TODMORDEN
Specialist assessment & CPR 35 compliant reports (CUBS accredited since 2012) for assistive technology • Bespoke IT solutions (e.g. switch, voice or eye gaze control) • Assistive technology from cause & effect to full home environmental control & multimedia distribution systems • AAC (communication aids) • Equipment training & rehabilitation with extensive experience of using technology as a communication therapist • Specialist areas: brain & spinal injury • Fully independent with no commercial interests • Project management...
Dr Williams in CHESTERFIELD
Assessment, diagnosis & management of chronic pain states • Low back pain • Neck pain • Complex regional pain syndrome • Fibromyalgia • Pain following traumatic injury • Pelvic pain • Abdominal pain • Spinal pain • Complex chronic pain management
Professor Ng OBE in ORMSKIRK
I hold dual accreditation as Consultant Paediatrician and Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist. I have a Master of Laws degree from the University of Liverpool. I have undergone medico-legal expert training courses and attended court with expertise in general paediatric and paediatric endocrinology cases (25% claimant, 25% defendant, 50% joint). I have provided 100+ medico-legal reports in all aspects of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes, child protection, road traffic accident and clinical negligence....
Dr Hashemi in CROYDON
Geriatric medicine • Acute general medicine • Falls in the elderly • Personal injury • Rehabilitation • Dementia • Mental capacity • Confusional states • Mental impairment • Life expectancy • Clinical negligence
Professor Nathan in TARPORLEY
Psychiatric assessment of adults in a wide range of legal contexts, including: • Personal injury • Medical negligence in psychiatric practice • Criminal proceedings (including homicide and terrorist offences) • Family proceedings • Tribunals • Inquests (including Coroner's Court) • Prison law, dangerousness and risk assessment
Dr Dan Lee in LONDON
Geriatric medicine • Dementia • Falls • Rehabilitation • Personal injury • Clinical negligence • Mental capacity • Life expectancy
Mr Booth in WIRRAL
All aspects of optometric practice, including eye examinations & sight testing, spectacles dispensing & contact lens fitting, supply & aftercare • NHS General Ophthalmic Service regulations & guidance • NHS ophthalmic charges & payments regulations & guidance • NHS claims procedures & monitoring, including pre- & post-payment verification • General Optical Council regulations & guidance • Optometric poor performance • Ophthalmic fraud
Professor Ashworth in MANCHESTER
Professor Ashworth is particularly interested in paediatric eye disorders , including cerebral visual impairment, congenital cataract and glaucoma, childhood strabismus and amblyopia, genetic eye disorders, paediatric uveitis, neurometabolic disease and the eye, and retinopathy of prematurity. Adult cases are not accepted.
Dr Amin in SALE
Assessment of mental incapacity • Capacity assessment • Medical/clinical negligence (adult psychiatry)
Dr Horsford in LONDON
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 • Personal...
Professor Lloyd in LONDON
General ophthalmology • Paediatric ophthalmology • Visual impairment in cerebral palsy • Ophthalmic features of non-accident injury • Childhood cataract & infantile or congenital cataract • Strabismus (squints) in childhood Also at: Department of Ophthalmology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London , WC1N 3JH.
Dr Mittal in MANCHESTER
Dr Mittal has an extensive paediatric background, with experience in matters such as child protection, including neglect, fabricated and induced illness (FII), child deaths, behavioural paediatrics, and child development and disability.
Dr Woo in LONDON
Dr Woo is an established pain expert for both claimants and defendants. He was awarded Pain Expert of the Year in Lawyer Monthly ’s Expert Witness Awards in 2022. He then won Pain Expert of the Year in Lawyer International 's Legal 100 Awards in 2024. Dr Woo is Consultant in Pain Medicine at King's College Hospital. He obtained his medical degree with honours and multiple prizes from UCL, and an MSc in Pain Management from Edinburgh. He was Lead Advanced Pain Trainer and Supervisor for pain trainees. Dr Woo...
Dr Mehta in MANCHESTER
Assessment and management of patients with organic psychiatric disorders, including acquired brain injury, and progressive neurological conditions like dementia, Huntington’s disease, Tourette's syndrome, complex epilepsy, non-epileptic seizures and conversion/functional neurological disorders • Sleep disorders • Alcohol-related brain injury Consulting address: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Sid Watkins Building, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool , L9 7BB
Mr Jackson in BARNSLEY
Personal injury, including: • Brain & spinal injuries & birth defects • Employment prospects • Loss of earnings • Loss of opportunity • Labour market analysis • Research service • Employment case management • Vocational rehabilitation • Occupational psychology • Psychometric & occupational testing • Careers advice • Employment practice • Employee retention • Discrimination in employment • Claimant, defendant & single joint instructions undertaken • UK-wide service • Job analysis
Professor Palazidou in LONDON
General adult psychiatry • All kinds of mental disorder • Experienced in psychopharmacology • Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders • Mood disorders • Manic depressive illness • Bipolar mood disorder and depression • Psychosis • Somali mental health • Medical negligence and personal injury • Assessing parental mental health Additional e-mail address: [email protected]
Dr Alu in CROYDON
Developmental paediatrics • All aspects of safeguarding children and child protection, including physical abuse, child sexual abuse, neglect, fabricated and induced illness and perplexing presentations.
Dr Bleetman in FARINGDON
Personal injury • Assault • Injuries sustained during arrest & detention • Emergency care • Ambulance care • Resuscitation injuries from road traffic accidents • Pre-hospital care • Accident & emergency medicine • Expert opinion on less-lethal weapons (Taser and similar), use of force matters and injuries sustained during arrest and restraint • Dr Bleetman is also an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor & retired HEMS doctor
Dr Collighan in NORWICH
Pain management, especially neuromodulation • CRPS • Spinal & neuropathic pain Consulting at: (i) The Chaucer Hospital, Canterbury ; (ii) The Spencer Private Hospital, Margate ; (iii) One Ashford Hospital, Ashford .
Dr Loumidis in SHIFNAL
Expert since 1996 • Personal injury • Employment law • Clinical negligence • Professional conduct & competence hearings • Psychological assessment & diagnosis of mental disorders using DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 criteria • Offers evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy following trauma Consulting in Birmingham, London, Leicester, Manchester, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton & Worcester, plus remote consultations UK-wide
Mr Shanmuganathan in KINGSTON UPON THAMES
I am available to provide an expert opinion in personal injury cases where an ophthalmic opinion is required. I am also available to provide an opinion in general ophthalmic cases (including cases of ocular trauma and injury) and cases involving ophthalmic surgery, cataracts and corneal conditions. I can also provide reports for employment tribunals. I do not provide opinions in paediatric cases.
Professor Kulkarni in MACCLESFIELD
Retired Clinical Director in Specialised Ability Centre - University Hospitals of Manchester (NHS FT) • NHS consultant - UHM NHS FT - since 1991 to 2020 in rehabilitation medicine • NW Deanery: Chair of Specialist Training CTTE • Specialist areas: amputee medicine, trauma rehabilitation - major cases only
Ms Templeton in HIGH WYCOMBE
ADHD expert, especially ADHD in the criminal justice system. Can prepare pre-court reports for clients on their particular ADHD and how it has impacted a crime. Can appear in court as an ADHD expert witness/ADHD advocate. Also co-existing conditions, i.e.dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and sensory processing disorder. ADHD psychotherapist for 10 years. Now I write books on how to parent and teach ADHD children, and represent the UK abroad, especially regarding ADHD in the criminal justice system.
Dr Adeyemi in TADWORTH
Provides an expert witness service which includes preparation of medico-legal expert reports for safeguarding children and child protection (physical abuse, neglect, perplexing presentations, fabricated and induced illness), meeting of experts and giving evidence in court. Dr Adeyemi has 30 years' paediatric experience, the last 22 years being specifically in community paediatrics and safeguarding children; the last 5 years have included medico-legal work.
Dr Suri in ROTHERHAM
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...
Dr Williams in DOVER
Occupational medicine • Fitness for work • Occupational pensions • Ill health retirement • Disability assessment • Disability discrimination • Working with CFS/ME • Working with fibromyalgia & chronic widespread pain • Working with back pain • Working with chronic pain • Working with complex regional pain syndrome
Dr Sharma in MANCHESTER
Main clinical interests lie within general practice and women’s and sexual health medicine.
Dr Dolin in CHICHESTER
Pain medicine • Pain management of acute and chronic pain • Post-surgical and post-traumatic pain • Neuropathic pain • Visceral pain • Chronic musculoskeletal pain • Chronic primary pain • Complex regional pain syndrome • Fibromyalgia • Neck pain • Mid back pain • Low back pain • Whiplash injury pain • Expertise in diagnosis, causation, treatment, prognosis and assessment of work and leisure prospects from the chronic pain perspective Consults in Goring-by-Sea, Chichester, London and Scotland
Dr Isaac in LONDON
Consultant Psychiatrist/Neuropsychiatrist • Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine SLaM NHS FT/IIoNNP • Trained in neuropathology in Glasgow • Psychiatric training (Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals, London) in forensic psychiatry, drug abuse & psychotherapy • Specialist training in neuropsychiatry (National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London), especially of epilepsy, head injury & conversion disorders • Chronic pain, PTSD, personal injury, occupational psychiatry,...
Dr Babla in MANCHESTER
Dr Babla has a specialist interest in neonatal cardiology. His clinical interest in cardiology relates to his research in patent ductus arteriosus as part of his MSc in Advanced Paediatrics, which he has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international meetings.
Dr Logan in CHESTER
Chronic pain management • Assessment of pain of persistent nature with regards to diagnosis, treatment prognosis & recommendations for further treatment with costings & delivery of such treatment • Personal injury • Back pain, neck pain & nerve pain Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate
Employment Experts Ltd in GLASGOW
Key expertise and experience in: • Loss of earnings • Employment matters • Return to work after injury and related wage loss estimates • Particular expertise in return to work after acquired disability and brain injury • Vocational rehabilitation • Functional capacity assessment Can also provide: • Occupational and aptitude assessment • Vocational case management • Wage loss • Counselling
Mr Carter in LONDON
Career structure assessment • Earning assessment • Employment practice • Job market analysis • Rehabilitation assessments • The provision of career profiles to be used in cases of personal injury by claimant and defendants • Analysis of earnings by different occupational areas and by geographical region, including the evaluation of career options and level of earnings in Europe, America, South America, Australia and South Africa • Individual careers counselling both for those who have suffered physical and psychological...
Ms Wybraniec in LONDON
Anna Wybraniec is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years' professional experience in clinical psychology working in the NHS and in private practice in London. She has been involved in preparing medico-legal reports for courts since 2000. She specialises in psychological assessment of personal and criminal injuries following traumatic events, such as: • RTA • Work and industrial accidents • Animal attacks • Physical and sexual assaults • Violence • Emotional and physical abuse • Robberies • Harassment • Medical...
Mr Hakin in LONDON
Certificate of Expert Witness Accreditation (Cardiff University) • General ophthalmology • Cataract surgery • Eyelid, lacrimal & orbital disorders • Cosmetic eyelid surgery • Facial laser skin surgery • Ocular trauma • Member of the EWI Also at: Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital, Staplegrove Elm, Taunton , Somerset,TA2 6AN. Additional e-mails: [email protected] [email protected]
Dr Wotherspoon in ST HELENS
Personal injury litigation • RTA personal injury • Falls & other injuries • Minor orthopaedic trauma • Continuing care analysis • Disability analysis • Nursing home injury • Incapacity benefit • Disability living allowance • Fully trained disability analyst by Benefits Agency • Medical aspects of housing Secretary Tel: 01744 624282
Mr Singh in BEDFORD
Mr Sameer Singh is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon who has acted as an expert witness since 2008. He sits on the British Orthopaedic Association Medico-legal Committee and has provided training to solicitors regarding common orthopaedic conditions and long-term prognosis. Mr Singh is instructed by both claimants and defendants on personal injury and medical negligence cases. Sameer deals with all matters pertaining to orthopaedic trauma (bone and soft tissue) and soft tissue injuries. He can provide...
Mr Barabas in email/phone contact only
Preparing medico-legal reports for assessment of personal injuries (general accidents, road traffic accidents, accidents at work) • Medico-legal reports on disability & trauma resulting from injury & orthopaedic problems due to accidents • Whiplash, muscle & limb injuries • Back injuries • Mr Barabas does not undertake medical negligence cases
Mrs Findlay in NORTH BERWICK
I have provided expert reports since 2012 on the costs of providing care in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. I support a team of associate experts who prepare expert reports on care, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. Specialist interest in spinal injury, brain injury, cerebral palsy, amputation, complex orthopaedic injury, cauda equina and functional neurological disorder. • Clinical negligence cases, personal injury, causation reports • Occupational therapy • Manual handling • Postural management
Dr Mynors-Wallis in POOLE
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 • Equality Act assessments • Medical negligence • Capacity assessments • Consultant Psychiatrist, Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust (Medical Director 2000-2015) • Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010-2015 • Chair, South West Clinical Network in Mental Health (2015-2017) • Visiting Professor, Bournemouth...
Mr Leatherbarrow in MANCHESTER
All aspects of eyelid, orbital and lacrimal surgery, including: • Blepharoptosis • Cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) • Brow lift surgery • Eyelid and orbital trauma, including orbital fractures • Eyelid and orbital tumours • Eyelid reconstructive surgery • Enucleation/evisceration • Socket reconstructive surgery following loss of an eye • Thyroid eye disease • The watering eye • Eyelid and upper facial surgery for facial palsy • Dermal filler injections and the management of associated complications • General ophthalmic disorders,...
Dr Hardie in LONDON
Traumatic brain & spinal injuries • Clinical & occupational neurology • Disability assessment • Neurological rehabilitation • Cerebrovascular disease: intracranial aneurysms, AVMs, TIA & stroke services, thrombolysis for acute stroke • Sport-related injuries, especially concussion & spinal injuries • Military medicine & defence medical rehabilitation • War pensions & armed forces compensation Also consulting in Nottingham & Bristol Correspondence address: Hardie Medico-Legal Services, Foxhall Lodge, Foxhall Road, Nottingham,...
Dr Claxton in SHEFFIELD
Chronic pain • Chronic pain syndrome • Complex regional pain syndrome • CRPS • Neuropathic pain • Chronic post-traumatic pain • Chronic post-surgical pain • Psychologically mediated chronic pain conditions • Spinal pain • Neck pain • Back pain • Whiplash injury • Scar pain • Nerve pain • Neuromodulation, including spinal cord stimulation • Psychological treatment pathways for chronic pain conditions • Pain management programmes Areas of work: North, East and South Yorkshire, London, Manchester, Durham, Birmingham, Bristol.
Mrs Filson in ALTRINCHAM
Physiotherapy quantum for any medical or professional negligence, road traffic accidents, insurance claims, with regard to: • Paediatrics: neurological, respiratory & orthopaedic • Adult neurological: spinal injuries, hemiplegia, head injuries, etc. • Amputations • Orthopaedics, including whiplash, spinal problems & peripheral problems • Acute trauma • Adult respiratory • Sports injuries • Repetitive strain injuries • Registered with the Health Professional Council
Ms Fyffe in LONDON
Quantification of lost income resulting from a variety of incidents including: • Personal injury - road traffic accidents, accidents at work, any other accident/injury (UK & overseas) • Fatal accident (loss of dependency calculations) • Industrial diseases (including lost years calculations) • Medical negligence Evaluation of income derived from: • Employed earnings (salary, bonus, benefits in kind, share options & pension benefits) • Self-employed earnings (profits from sole trader businesses & partnerships) •...
Professor Schapira in LONDON
Neurology, i.e. diseases or trauma affecting the brain, spinal cord or peripheral nerves, e.g. head injury • Spinal injury, including whiplash • Nerve injury • Brain damage from stroke, ischaemia, etc. • Headache • Epilepsy • Multiple sclerosis
Ms Ownhouse in LONDON
Adult personality disorder • Adult mental health • Impact of alcohol and drug misuse • Adult attachment style • Trauma • Adverse childhood experiences • Relationship issues and family dynamics, including impact of domestic violence and/or substance misuse • Psychopathology in adults • Parenting (including therapeutic and support needs of parents, prospect of change and the likely timescale for that change) • Personal injury • Risk of violence • Risk of sexual violence
Dr Medley in NEWARK
Adult psychiatry • Post-traumatic disorders • Psychiatric sequelae to stress, trauma & physical injury • Psychiatric complications of physical illness • Compensation claims involving psychological disability • Assessment of mental incapacity • Psychiatric forensic reports • Occupational stress & psychiatric injury • Negligence • Child protection issues • Disability discrimination Secretary: Julie Waplington Mobile Tel: 07837 270164 E-mail: [email protected]
Mr McHugh in LONDON
I have been Consultant Ophthalmologist at King’s College Hospital, London, UK since 1994 and also am in private practice. I hold Fellowships of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and of Ophthalmologists, the Diploma in Ophthalmology of the Royal College of Surgeons and also the Degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of London. My general ophthalmological responsibilities include the diagnosis and management of cataract and glaucoma, and the causes of visual loss. I have specialist interests in medical...
Dr Wiener in WATFORD
Psychiatry • Child psychiatry • Adolescent psychiatry • Psychopharmacology All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Mr Starr in LONDON
Eye injuries • Ophthalmic & orbital trauma • Neuro-ophthalmology • Glaucoma • Cornea • Squint • Retinal detachment • Double vision • UK & USA qualified, including 4 years as surgeon in eye trauma centre in New York, neuro-ophthalmology fellowship & retina research • Court appearance • Free consultation offered to solicitors
Dr Sakhuja in CARDIFF
Medico-legal work 1. Personal injury - all aspects of personal injury 2. Medical negligence 3. Psychiatric consequences of medical negligence 4. Traumatic brain injury 5. Drug & alcohol testing 6. Hair analysis for family courts 7. Chronic pain 8. Psychiatric consequences of abuse 9. Immigration matters 10. Employment tribunals Treatments for addictions & psychiatric illness Tier 1 APIL Expert • CUBS Expert Witness Certificate • Certificate of Medical Reporting - 1
Dr Mir in SHEFFIELD
Personal injury • Psychiatric consequences of road traffic accidents • Psychiatric consequences of work-related accidents • Work-related stress • Psychiatric aspects of stress • Psychiatric aspects of assault • Depression • Bipolar disorder • Anxiety • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Schizophrenia • Adult psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Perinatal psychiatry • Psychiatric disorders of pregnancy • Postnatal psychiatric disorders • Postnatal depression • Safeguarding children • Psychiatric aspects of childcare proceedings • Psychiatric condition...
Dr Ahearn in MANCHESTER
In addition to general medical on-calls covering all aspects of general and geriatric medicine, Dr Ahearn cares for older in-patients at Wythenshawe Hospital. He has specialist interests in Parkinson's disease, falls in older people, dizziness and syncope (fainting), and organises specialist clinics for patients within these areas. Dr Ahearn also performs community visits to care homes and patients' homes.
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 • Disability Discrimination Act - psychiatric •...
Ms Wilkinson in CHESTERFIELD
Areas of speciality are neurological & musculoskeletal (orthopaedic) rehabilitation of both adults & children • Injuries include spinal & head injuries • Cerebral palsy • Orthopaedic conditions • Quantum & negligence reports to include care requirements, physiotherapy provision, aids, appliance & equipment needs, rehabilitation cost reports, hydrotherapy reports & negligence reports

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