Senior Specialty and Associate Specialist Doctor in Forensic Psychiatry
MB BS, MSc (Psychiatry), MSc (Healthcare Management), Postgraduate Diploma (Psychiatry), CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil and Criminal Expert Witness Certificate), Affiliated Member MRCPsych
Available for instructions across Wales, South West England, and the wider UK. Willing to travel for court attendance and assessments. Remote consultations available nationwide.
Overview of Professional Duties:
I am a Senior Specialty and Associate Specialist doctor in Forensic Psychiatry with over 15 years’ experience in England and Wales. I currently work with the Forensic team at St Cadoc’s Hospital (Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - Wales) and as the Forensic Psychiatrist for HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed. I am approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act and have specialist expertise in the assessment and treatment of mental illness.
Application of Specialism in Expert Witness Work:
I am a Cardiff University Bond Solon Certified Criminal Expert Witness (2022) and provide independent, balanced, and evidence-based psychiatric opinions for criminal, civil proceedings. My medico-legal work is informed by extensive clinical experience, leadership within forensic services, and a commitment to clarity in communication between Mental Health and the Legal System.
Areas of Expertise – Reports Available in:
• Fitness to plead and assessments of criminal responsibility
• Psychiatric risk assessments, including violence, sexual offending, and arson
• Mental capacity assessments (litigation, testamentary, financial, care decisions)
• Personal injury and psychiatric consequences of trauma
• Psychiatric negligence cases
• Pre-sentence psychiatric reports assessments
• Reports under the Mental Health Act 1983/2007 (including Part III cases)
• Adult and old-age psychiatry within forensic and secure settings
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) assessments
Additional Focus and Experience:
• Over 30 criminal expert witness reports for the Magistrate and Crown Court in the past 3 years
• Over 20 legal reports for Part III of the Mental Health Act in the past 3 years
• Capacity and DOLS assessments under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for the last 10 years.
• DOLS work for Ceredigion, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, and Gwent Borough Councils,
Court Work:
• Regular oral evidence in Crown Court, Magistrates’ Court, and Mental Health Tribunals
• Experience in high-profile and sensitive cases requiring discretion
• Cardiff University-Bond Solon (CUBS) Civil and Criminal Expert Witness Certificate – 2022
• MSc Healthcare Management – Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
• Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry – Cardiff University
• Approved under Section 12(2) Mental Health Act 1983/2007 since 2015
• Affiliated Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
