Expert Witness services
- Fees & CVs of multiple, vetted Expert Witness Psychiatrists within 24 hours
- High quality, proof read Psychiatric Medico Legal reports in 4-6 weeks
- Make one call to us for an efficient and proactive service at no additional cost
Why use Psychiatry Direct?
Quality
We deliver hundreds of Medico Legal reports prepared by Psychiatric Expert Witnesses each year to the highest professionals standards. All of our Expert Witness Psychiatrists are registered with the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Psychiatrists and have extensive experience.
Experts
We have over 1,500 specialists Expert Witness Psychiatrists who are trained to undertake a wide variety of cases in Public, Private and Criminal Law proceedings. They provide objective and unbiased Medico Legal reports, using evidence based assessment tools, covering all specialties as well as foreign language & cultural skills.
Cost
We have negotiated preferential fees with our Expert Witness Psychiatrists, which ensures the cost to you remains the same as going direct. All of our Psychiatry Expert Witnesses adhere to The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) regulation in respect of Expert Witness Fees and we can supply up to 3 quotations & CVs.
Speed
We take a very proactive approach to managing your case and are able to make even the tightest deadlines. Each case is assigned to a dedicated Client Manager who will ensure that the assessment process is handled in an efficient and professional manner. Reports are normally filed within 4-6 weeks.
Specialist areas include…
Family Law
Our Expert Witness Psychiatrists are trained to understand the complex psychological issues involved in both Public and Private Family Law cases. They are able to assist the court by offering a psychiatric perspective of the cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural needs of children and adults in family law.
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Psychiatric expert witnesses can provide invaluable information to the court in criminal proceedings. Our Expert Witness Psychiatrists have extensive experience in working in the criminal courts, both for the prosecution and defence. Whether it is an assessment of a client’s competence to stand trial or an evaluation of risk.
Learn MoreCivil Proceedings
We provide comprehensive psychistric assessments and Medico Legal reports for a wide range of civil proceedings including personal injury, mental capacity and tribunals. We work with many major insurers, case management and rehabilitation companies providing both medico-legal reports and more condensed treatment focused assessments.
Learn MorePrison Law
Our Expert Witness Psychiatrists have considerable experience in working in prison and probation services and are able to offer psychiatric assessments, intervention and rehabilitation. They have specialist knowledge of psychiatric factors in criminal behaviour and produce concise Medico Legal reports in short time frames.
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Our extensive network of Expert Witness Psychiatrists means that we are able to offer a wide variety of Psychiatric Medico Legal reports in Asylum and Immigration cases. We can also offer assessments including foreign languages such as Urdu, Punjabi, Polish or Russian as well as various those requiring specific cultural knowledge.
Learn MoreExpert Witness News
- Important change to Expert Witness’ Declaration in criminal cases April 19, 2017
This week changes to the wording of the declaration in an expert’s report came into force. This change affects expert witnesses who act in criminal cases with immediate effect. The amendment is at Criminal Practice Direction Part V: Evidence 19B: Statements of Understanding and Declarations of Truth in Expert Reports.
The previous version of paragraph 13 ...
- Addressing mental health issues among pilots March 1, 2017
Hundreds of commercial airline pilots currently flying may be clinically depressed, a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found.
The new findings, published a year and a half after the tragic Germanwings crash, signal the need to tackle stigma and better support pilots dealing with mental health issues.
The study is the ...
- Our new offices in Epsom, Surrey January 25, 2016
As a result of our continued growth, we are pleased to announce that we have moved to new offices.
The move is effective from Monday 25th January 2016.
Our new address is:
Psychiatry Direct, 2.2(a) 40 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1BH
NB – Our telephone and fax numbers remain the same.
- The Law Commission – new unfitness to plead proposals January 13, 2016
The Law Commission has today published proposals to update the current test of a defendant’s fitness to plead, by broadening the range of tests that can be used and including opinion from Expert Psychologists.
The current test of Fitness to Plead assessment is generally conducted by Expert Witness Psychiatrists and includes elements ...
- APIL annual conference 1 & 2 May 2014 February 12, 2014
As a leading provider of Expert Witness and Rehabilitation services to the Personal Injury sector, we are pleased to confirm that we will be exhibiting at the annual conference of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) on 1 & 2 May at ...