Criminal Law
Fitness to plead, suggestibility and intellectual ability, risk pre and post sentence, cognitive ability and personality assessment.
For legal professionals
Expert Witness Assessments
Independent psychological assessment and expert evidence for criminal, prison, family, mental health and immigration matters. Every report is prepared by an HCPC registered practitioner and complies with Part 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules and the Criminal Procedure Rules.
Assessments we undertake
Our associates are chartered and registered psychologists with substantial experience in prisons, secure hospitals, community forensic services and the family courts. We match the expert to the issues in your case rather than to whoever is next on a list.
- Fitness to plead and stand trial
- Suggestibility, compliance and reliability of evidence
- Cognitive and intellectual functioning (WAIS-IV, WMS-IV)
- Personality assessment, including PCL-R
- Risk assessment (HCR-20 V3, RSVP, SARA, ARMIDILO-S, SAPROF)
- Pre-sentence and post-sentence psychological reports
- Parole Board and progression reports
- Parenting capacity and capacity to change
- Attachment and risk to children
- PTSD, depression and trauma in immigration matters
- Autism and ADHD assessment within proceedings
- Capacity assessments under the Mental Capacity Act
By area of law
Prison Law
Parole Board reports, risk assessment and risk management planning, progression and categorisation reports.
Family Law
Parenting and cognitive assessments, capacity to change, risk to children, attachment and psychological functioning.
Mental Health Tribunals
Independent psychological reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals, including risk and treatment progress.
Immigration
Assessment of trauma, PTSD, depression and the psychological impact of removal or detention.
Neurodiversity
Autism and ADHD assessment for adults and young people, privately or as part of legal proceedings.
Recommendations
What instructing solicitors and families tell us
Clear, balanced reports that hold up under cross examination, delivered when they said they would be delivered.
The assessment was explained to my son in a way he could cope with. It was the first appointment he has not walked out of.
One call and we had the right expert, the right timescale and a fee estimate the same day.