Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist
Medico-Legal and Forensic Psychiatry Expertise
BSc, M.D, MSc, MPhil, PostDip, Ph.D., PostDoc
London and Nationwide
Dr Andrés Herane-Vives is a UK-based Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist with extensive medico-legal experience across civil, criminal, and employment proceedings. He provides independent psychiatric expert opinion to solicitors, barristers, courts, and tribunals throughout the United Kingdom.
Clinical and Medico-Legal Practice
Dr Herane-Vives has over a decade of experience in complex psychiatric assessment within both public and private healthcare systems. His medico-legal work includes detailed psychiatric reports in:
• Personal injury and psychiatric trauma (including PTSD and complex trauma)
• Employment Tribunal claims involving stress-related and psychiatric injury
• Mental capacity assessments (litigation capacity, testamentary capacity, decision-making capacity)
• Criminal proceedings (fitness to plead, criminal responsibility, risk assessment)
• Medical negligence cases involving psychiatric harm
• High-conflict civil disputes requiring independent psychiatric evaluation
He is experienced in preparing CPR-compliant reports and delivering clear, structured opinions suitable for court proceedings.
International and Academic Perspective
Dr Herane-Vives has professional experience in both the United Kingdom and Chile, providing an informed understanding of comparative legal and psychiatric frameworks. He holds academic affiliations with University College London and King’s College London and has published in peer-reviewed journals in psychiatry and neurobiology.
Approach
His medico-legal practice is grounded in objectivity, analytical clarity, and proportionality. He is committed to providing balanced, evidence-based opinions that assist the court.
Additional Information
• Reports undertaken in English and Spanish
• Nationwide instructions accepted
• Based at 10 Harley Street, London
Member of the Chilean Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosciences (2007) • Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), UK (7335144) (2017) • Affiliated to the Royal College of Psychiatrist (RCPsych)