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 •...

Adult cognitive and personality assessment, including own family history in relation to ability to parent • Cognitive assessment of adults to determine competence, identify learning difficulties and disabilities, and make recommendations • Educational and emotional or behavioural assessment of adults and children, including abused, neglected and at risk children • Assessment of attachment and bonding in families • Assessment of parenting, including in the context of child care proceedings • Alcohol and drug abuse as pertaining to parenting ability • Domestic...

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 &#...