Older people, people living with dementia, adults • Care homes and care at home • Domiciliary care, social work, older people hospitals Frailty, disability, older people, dementia, cognitive impairment, falls, pressure ulcers, food, fluid and nutrition, clinical and care governance, staffing and safe staffing, dependency, medication administration errors, adult support and protection/safeguarding, care planning and risk assessment, education and training, audit, quality improvement, quality assurance, leadership...

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

• 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 •...

Honorary Assistant Professor General surgery • Upper gastrointestinal surgery • Laparoscopic surgery • Bariatric surgery The medicolegal interest in surgical issues includes medicolegal reports, case management reporting, injury or trauma (including hernia, abdominal injuries, accident claim, emergency surgery, medical errors, medical negligence, clinical negligence and accident claims pertaining to general health care), symptoms, general surgical procedures and complications, and subspecialty issues related to...

Ms Morris is an Honorary Reader in Medical Statistics at the University of Manchester and enjoys her role as Statistical Editor of the British Medical Journal . Ms Morris is also Statistical Advisor to the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine .

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.

Extensive experience of appearing at court & tribunals • Also instructed as a joint expert witness & assessor for insurance companies • Fields of expertise include: • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personal injury • Psychosis • Addictive behaviour • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Witness assessment • Mental disorder • Dangerousness • Road traffic offences • Mental Health Act reviews • Regularly instructed in civil & criminal cases

In her neuropsychology positions at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital, her outpatient diagnostic assessments have focused on differentiating between neurological and mental health presentations of psychological and cognitive symptoms. Inpatient services have focused on the assessment and treatment of the emotional, behavioural and cognitive sequelae of traumatic brain injury.

Accident • Assault • Injury • Trauma • Wounding • Personal injury • Torture • Tasers • Medical negligence • Road Traffic Act (drink/drug drive fitness) • Drug & alcohol misuse • Clinical forensic medicine • Fitness to detain • Fitness to be interviewed • Forensic & legal medicine • Deaths in custody • Harm in custody • Miscarriages of justice • Death investigation • Sexual assault • Death in custody • Care in custody • Police complaints • Nutrition • Venous access • Thrombophlebitis • Assessment of post-mortem stomach contents • Self-inflicted injury Professor Payne-James...

Cognitive functions • Personality traits • Psychopathology • Trauma/parenting skills • Relationship dynamics • Neurodevelopmental conditions - ASD • HCPC-Registered Clinical Psychologist • Trained Schema Therapist/Trained Cognitive Behavioural Therapist • Trained Gottman Method Couples Therapist - Level 3 Training Completed/Level 3 Safeguarding Trained - Adults and Children • Master of Science in Neuroscience - King’s College London - graduated with Distinction

• 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...

Adult psychiatry, including: • Accident • Anxiety disorders • Bereavement & grief • Chronic pain • Capacity • Depression • Eating disorders • Fitness to plead • Liaison psychiatry • Medical negligence • Mental disorder • Military/armed forces • Mood disorders • Occupational • Paranoia • Personality disorders • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Psychotic disorders • Road traffic accidents • Schizophrenia • Self-esteem • Self-injury • Somatisation & conversion disorders • Stress disorders • Testamentary capacity • Trauma

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...

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

Health and safety auditing, management, documentation investigation and law • Health and safety in healthcare, hospitals, care support, education, mental health, special education, local authorities, residential homes, warehousing • Stress, violence and aggression, assaults, pedestrian/vehicle segregation, warehouse operations, swimming pools, schools, leisure centres, grounds maintenance, transport

Registered with the GMC as a Specialist in Forensic Psychiatry • Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists • Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists • Member of Expert Witness Institute • Holder of LLM in Mental Health Law from the University of Northumbria & Master of Medical Science (MMedSci) in Clinical Psychiatry from the University of Leeds I have expertise & experience in providing: (a) psychiatric reports to the courts in criminal, civil & family cases; (b) independent psychiatric reports for Mental Health Review...

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]

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

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.

Adult mental health • Trauma, complex trauma and PTSD • Addictions • Anger and violence • Childhood sexual abuse • Psychological assessment following road traffic incidents • Psychological assessment following workplace injury • Personal injury • Clinical negligence • Mental Health Review Tribunals • Assessment of risk of violence (HCR-20 trained), sexual violence (RSVP trained), domestic violence (SARA trained) and stalking (SAM trained)

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

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.

1. Clinical neuropsychology • Assessment & diagnoses of brain functioning following head injury, post-concussive state, dementia & other neurological disorders 2. Psychometric testing (learning disability, general adult & older adult populations), including: assessment of intelligence (IQ), memory testing & other cognitive functioning 3. Neurorehabilitation following brain injury & other neurological conditions 4. Psychiatric diagnoses , in particular medico-legal assessment of PTSD, adjustment disorders, depression,...

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...

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...

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 •...

Geriatric medicine • Dementia • Falls • Rehabilitation • Personal injury • Clinical negligence • Mental capacity • Life expectancy

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...

Geriatric medicine • Acute general medicine • Falls in the elderly • Personal injury • Rehabilitation • Dementia • Mental capacity • Confusional states • Mental impairment • Life expectancy • Clinical negligence

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.

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 •...

Independent evaluation of psychological & psychiatric problems, including criminal cases • Reviews of Mental Health Act detentions • Family law • Personal injury • PTSD • Secondary victim work • Medical negligence • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead & stand trial • Dangerousness & risk assessment • Witness assessment & testamentary capacity • Group claims in relation to historical trauma, including childhood sexual abuse

Expertise in the areas of adult mental health, learning disability and forensic behaviour. Specialist areas: • Adults with psychological difficulties in response to traumatic events (personal injury, employment injury, clinical negligence). • Risk assessment of adults with offending behaviour/learning disability. Chartered Member of the BPS, HCPC Registered and a member of the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP-UK). In independent practice in Southwest England. Has worked as an expert witness in...

General psychiatry • Mental health & deafness • Medico-legal issues in psychiatric cases • Preparation of psychiatric reports in civil & criminal cases

Assessment of mental incapacity • Capacity assessment • Medical/clinical negligence (adult psychiatry)

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

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.

Acute kidney injuries, general medical take, ongoing care of medical inpatients, ambulatory care and same-day emergency care • All acute medicine presentations, including chest pain, breathlessness, VTE, sepsis and infections, collapse, confusion, delirium, headaches, seizures, overdose and poisoning, alcohol use and related disorders, falls, head injuries, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, endocrine/diabetes emergencies and non-specific deteriorations in health

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

• 14 years’ experience as a qualified nurse. • 7 years as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and expert in falls and falls prevention. Significant experience and expertise in the management of deteriorating and acutely unwell patients in secondary care. Experience advising on medicolegal matters over the past 12 months. Available to advise on matters pertaining to these areas and other areas of nursing care, particularly care of the elderly and care of the acutely unwell patient. Falls - prevention • Post falls...

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...

Psychological reports in civil, family & criminal cases • Psychometric tests • Psychological assessments & therapies in relation to trauma, emotional & mental health problems • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

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.

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

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.

General adult psychiatry • PTSD • Trauma

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

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

Trained in Oxford and London • General Adult Psychiatrist with over 23 years of experience in: PTSD, psychosis, mood and anxiety disorders, Court Diversion, LGBT and transcultural issues and personality disorders • As a medico-legal psychiatrist and expert witness, I have extensive experience in providing opinions to the Home Office, courts and tribunals on patients presenting with complex histories and presentations

I am a chartered physiotherapist. I am happy to accept instruction for clinical negligence breach of duty and other legal cases. I have been a physiotherapy lecturer since 1997. I am an internationally published author, having written ten textbooks translated into eleven languages. My expertise is patient assessment and management, ethics and professional practice, rheumatology, orthopaedics and soft tissue injury management. I am a publishing consultant for Elsevier publishers Oxford. I hold a PhD in exercise...