Scope of service

 

Expert Witness 24-7 Service can provide and is not limited to the following expertise:

 

Mental health assessment:

• Psychological assessment of mental health issues and psychological injury for civil, criminal, family proceedings, and tribunals.
• Assessment of drug and alcohol dependency
• Medical negligence     

Cognitive/intellectual functioning, educational assessments, special needs

• Psychological assessment, including IQ, level of mental impairment & brain damage.
• Capacity to consent, to instruct a solicitor etc
• Evaluation of learning disabilities in relation to parenting skills and associated risk assessment

Child care proceedings

• Parenting and risk assessments in child care proceedings
• Psychological assessment of parental fitness
• Family relationships and functioning assessment
• Domestic violence issues
• Custody of children and contact issues

Forensic issues

• Evaluation of fitness to instruct a solicitor and to plead.
• Suggestibility and reliability of witness testimony
• Pre-sentencing reports and impact statements
• Personality issues
• Risk assessment of sex offenders and suitability for treatment
• Evaluation of arsonists
• Domestic violence
• Sexual abuse

Children and adolescents

• Children’s testimony
• Assessment of adolescents involved within criminal proceedings
• Assessment of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties
• Assessment of injuries/causation

Psychological rehabilitation

• Specialist assessment and treatment service for psychological conditions reactive to personal trauma