Dr Ashimesh Roychowdhury

• Consultant General Adult and Forensic Psychiatrist

• MBChB MRCPsych MDCH DipFMH MBA CMgr MCMI

• Civil

• 4 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton, will also assess in London

• Historic abuse, trauma and medical negligence, causation

• Psychiatric causation reports following historical abuse, trauma or medical negligence. Has undertaken reports for high profile cases. Section 12(2) Approved. Expert Witness Certification through Cardiff Law School and has attended Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Katina Anagnostakis

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MBChB; MMedSci; MRCPsych

• Civil and Criminal

• 6 – 8 weeks

• Based in Nottingham. Will travel or remote assessments available.

• Personality disorder, trauma, substance abuse

• Specialises in general adult psychiatry in women with complex co-morbidity of mental illness, personality disorder, trauma related and substance abuse disorders. Has undertaken reports for high profile cases. Section 12(2) Approved.

Dr Sally Foster

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MB ChB MRCPsych Dip Mental Health Law Dip Clinical Psychiatry

• Criminal

• 4 – 6 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton. Will travel and remote assessments available

• Fitness to plead, General Adult Psychiatry (male)

• Specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of male mental disorder, including psychosis, and affective disorders, and personality disorder. Also specialises in Mental Health Tribunals and fitness to plead. Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training and has undergone Royal College of Psychiatrists training for expert witnesses.

Dr Elizabeth Beber

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MBBS, MA, FRCPsych, PGDip

• Criminal and Civil

• 4 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton, will travel and remote assessments available

• Expertise in ASD/LD, personality disorder, Coroner Inquests

• Specialises in the assessment and management of mental disorder (including acute mental illness, personality disorder and challenging behaviour), Autism Spectrum Disorder, stalking behaviour and epilepsy in people with Learning Disability. Has extensive experience in managing women with a diagnosis of personality disorder, who have a history of trauma. Has undertaken reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals, the Ministry of Justice and for the Coroner. Section 12(2) Approved. Has received formal training as an expert witness through the Cardiff University Law School Bond Solon Expert Witness Scheme.

Dr Alexander Hamilton

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• BM MRCPsych

• Criminal

• 4 – 6 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton. Will travel.

• Expertise in mental disorder in Deaf people

• Specialises in forensic psychiatry and mental disorder in Deaf people. Trained in British Sign Language. Requires an NRCPD registered BSL interpreter at assessment. Is Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Donna Arya

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCPsych PG Cert

• Criminal

• 4 – 6 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton. Will travel.

• Expertise in mental disorder in Deaf people

• Specialises in forensic psychiatry and mental disorder in Deaf people. Trained in British Sign Language. Requires an NRCPD registered BSL interpreter at assessment. Is Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Shazad Farooq

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MD, MRCPsych, PLAB, CCT

• Criminal and Civil

• 4-6 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Birmingham, remote assessments available

• General adult psychiatry

• Specialises in general adult psychiatry, old age psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry including prison psychiatry. Section 12(2) Approved.

Dr Shubhinder Shergill

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• BSc(Hons) MBBS MRCPsych

• Civil and Criminal

• 4-6 weeks

• Based in London, remote assessments available

• Expertise in ASD and learning disabilities

• Specialises in learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder, as well as general adult psychiatry and personality disorder. Also has experience in schizophrenia, mood disorders, and adult ADHD, PTSD and head injury. Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Geraldine D’Souza

• Consultant Forensic Neuropsychiatrist

• M.B.B.S, MRCPsych, PGDipCBT

• Civil and Criminal

• 4-6 weeks

• Based in Northampton. Remote assessments available.

• Expertise in neuropsychiatric and cognitive difficulties such as brain injury, memory Impairment and dementia.

• Specialises in assessing and treating mental disorders in individuals aged 18 years old and over. This includes mood disorders (such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar affective disorder), psychosis, ADHD, PTSD and somatoform disorders. Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Paul Wallang

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• B.Sc. MB.ChB MRCPsych, MBA, CMgrMCMI

• Civil

• 8 weeks

• Based in London, remote assessments available.

• Expertise in post-traumatic stress and Grenfell

• Specialises in General Psychiatry with particular reference to post-traumatic stress and the impact of past trauma on mental state. Has prepared reports for the Grenfell inquest and other high profile cases. Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Lucy Warner

• Chartered and Registered Consultant Forensic Psychologist

• BA, MSc, Forens.Psy.D, CPsychol.

• Civil and Criminal

• 4 – 6 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton. Will travel.

• Expertise in forensic psychology in young adults and adolescents, ASD/LD and ADHD

• Specialises in working with young people, both within mental health and criminal justice settings, providing assessment, formulation and interventions. Also specialises in mental health difficulties, Developmental Disabilities and attachment difficulties, in addition to forensic histories and challenging behaviour. Her interests include assessment and intervention of adolescent fire setting, assessment of sexually harmful behaviours and working with traits of emerging personality disorder. Section 12(2) Approved.

Dr Keith Jenkins

• Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

• BSc (Hons), Dip Clin Psychol, Pg Dip, PhD, C Psychol, CSci, AFBPsS

• Civil

• 4 – 6 weeks

• Based at St Andrew’s Northampton

• Expertise in neuropsychological aspects of Brain Injury.

• Specialises in the behavioural and cognitive change subsequent to Brain Injury, including Acquired Brain Injury following a Road Traffic Accident. Section 12(2) Approved.

Dr Santosh Mudholkar

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MBBS, MD, MSc, FRCPsych DIC

• Criminal

• 2-3 weeks

• Midlands, London Remote (MS Teams)

• Violent sexual assault, murder, Fitness to Plead, Disposal.

• Has been undertaking Medico-Legal reports for over 10 years and specialises in Criminal Legal Aid cases, particularly for the Crown Prosecution Service. Has extensive experience in medium and secure mental health settings and has undertaken expert witness training through Bond Solon. Is Section 12 Approved. Speaks Hindi.

Dr Shahzad Alikhan

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MA (Cantab) MBBS LLM MRCPsych

• Criminal and Civil

• 4 weeks

• Based in Herfordshire, will travel to London and Southeast England, remote assessments available

• Expertise in asylum and immigration, torture, human rights, deportation and extradition cases

• Specialises in neuropsychiatry, brain injury and cognitive impairment, capacity and court of protection issues. Also specialises in general psychiatry (men and women), personal injury, PTSD, personality disorder, fitness to plead, insanity, sentencing/disposal. Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Farshad Shaddel

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• MD, FRCPsych, LLM

• Criminal and Civil

• 4-6 weeks

• Remote and in-person assessments

• Expertise in ASD/LD, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Forensic and Rehabilitation Psychiatry

• Specialises in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, particularly learning disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Capacity assessments and fitness-to-plead. Section 12(2) Approved. Has undertaken Royal College of Psychiatrists and Bond Solon expert training.

Dr Lucy Cygan

• Principle Forensic Psychologist

• BSc Psychology; MSc Applied Forensic Psychology; DForensPsy

• Criminal

• 4-6 weeks

• Northampton, Midlands, Remote (MS Teams)

• Neurodevelopmental assessments, Forensic/risk of reoffending, Pre-sentence & Parole reports, Mental health, Personality disorder, Child, adolescent and adult client groups.

• Over 10 years of experience through doctoral training and post-qualification practice, working in both the NHS and St Andrew’s Healthcare. Has acquired substantial experience as a psychologist working within both clinical and forensic services across community, inpatient and prison settings. Has worked with a diversity of client groups, including those presenting with forensic risk issues, mental health problems, personality disorder and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism and intellectual disability.

Dr Jen Munns

• Chartered Forensic Psychologist

• Criminal

• 4-6 weeks

• Midlands, Remote (MS Teams)

• Expertise in ASD, particularly in men and adolescents. Risk assessments.

• Forensic Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Has experience working in low, medium and high secure adult settings, and has conducted risk assessments of, and intervention with clients who pose a risk of harm to themselves or others. Also has experience of working with children and adolescents in a low secure residential children’s home with neurodiverse needs and experience in the use of a variety of structured actuarial and clinical judgment assessment tools to help formulate risk, this includes but is not limited to, the risk of general violence, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and personality disorder. Has experience in assessing autism using the Autism diagnostic observation schedule (ADOS2) and brain injury using the Brain Injury Screening Index (BISI).

Dr Faisal Mir

• Chartered Clinical Psychologist

• Civil

• 4-6 weeks

• Remote (MS Teams)

• Personal injury, Medical Negligence, Immigration and Asylum, issues of domestic violence, Trauma, Substance misuse, Cognitive functioning, Capacity, and impact upon parenting.

• Independent Chartered Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years qualified experience working with adults presenting with mild, moderate, and severe mental health problems. Has significant experience of completing Psychology reports for Family and Civil court purposes. Has assessed and treated clients in Primary and Secondary care mental health services drawing upon Cognitive-behavioural and Schema therapy approaches. Professional registration with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council) and BPS (British Psychological Society).

Dr Paul Stankard

• Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

• Criminal

• 4-6 weeks

• Midlands, Remote (MS Teams)

• Risk Assessment, ASD and LD, personality disorder.

• Has worked specifically in secure settings and with people demonstrating a range of serious risks to themselves and others, across a range of settings, including prison high, medium and low security hospitals, as well as within locked rehabilitation settings. Has also managed community homes for people with learning disability and autistic people. Specialises in risk assessment, personality disorder and autism spectrum disorders. Holds full registration with the UK General Medical Council and has been a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrist since 2001 and hold a Certificate of Completion of Training in Forensic Psychiatry since 2008. Is Section 12 Approved.

Dr Ana Reis

• Consultant Clinical Psychologist

• M.Sc, D.Clin.Psych.

• Criminal and Civil

• 2 weeks

• Oxford, Remote (MS Teams)

• Adolescents, cognitive assessments, trauma, family, criminal and immigration proceedings.

• Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist specialised in working with children and adults with complex psychological and cognitive problems, mostly caused by traumatic experiences. Has conducted assessments and interventions in prisons, mental health hospitals, private mental health services, charities and community settings. Has been working as an expert witness for approximately 10 years and prepared court reports for the Family, Civil and Criminal Courts, and the Mental Health System.

Dr Ramy Teama

• Consultant Clinical Psychiatrist

• MBBCH, MSc., M.D, MRCPsych

• Criminal

• 4 weeks

• Middlesborough, Remote (MS Teams)

• Expertise in Forensic Psychiatry, General Adult Psychiatry, and Prison Psychiatry.

• Extensive experience in managing severe mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and personality disorders. Specialist knowledge in court-related psychiatric issues such as fitness to plead, criminal responsibility and disposal options.

Dr Leroy McFarlane

• Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

• BSc, MSc, MSc, DClinPsy, CPsychol, CSci

• Criminal

• 4 – 9 weeks

• Based in Manchester & Nottingham. Will travel or remote assessments are available

• Expertise in violence and sexual risk assessments of young people and adults, mental health

• Specialises in complex individuals presenting with offending or challenging behaviours (violence and sexual), ‘county lines’ / gangs, fitness to plead, mental health issues (trauma, personality disorder, anxiety, depression), autism spectrum condition assessments, ADHD assessments, assessment of sexually harmful behaviours (child, adolescent, adults), cognitive assessments, capacity assessments