Specialist Areas of Work

Psychiatry: accident victims, rape/sexual abuse victims, assault victims, crime victims, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric care, occupational stress, alcohol abuse, anxiety disorders, depression, psycho-somatic disorders/munchausen, violence/self-harm/suicide, assessment for Equality Act 2010.

Criminal behaviour, serious offender assessment, psychiatric assessment of criminal responsibility, fitness to plead, witness assessment/testamentary capacity, trauma assessment, abnormal behaviour, dangerousness/risk assessment.

Mental Health Act: Assessment of individuals for Mental Health Act, 1983, Mental Health Review Tribunals, Health Care Management/records/disputes: medical competence/medical negligence: medical practice, suicide investigations, psychiatric aftercare.

Specific Experience

• Accident/industrial injury victim assessment for psychiatric injuries - primary and secondary victims.
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and psychological sequelae of post-trauma.
• Complex Trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder.
• Clinical negligence - impact on mental health, clinical negligence in psychiatry and Human Rights Act.
• Employment Tribunals and complex work-related stress cases.
• Assessment of individuals in prison for criminal responsibility and pre-sentence reports.
• Mental Health Review Tribunals (attendance)
• Giving evidence in court
• Child Protection Case Conferences
• Legal Aid cases undertaken in the past
• Court Diversion scheme for mentally abnormal offenders/held in remand/custody.