Specialist Divisions

Our Practice Areas

Medical Expert Chambers provides a complete suite of medico-legal services. Each division is led by senior case managers and supported by a curated panel of experts.

Our Criminal Law division provides rapid, court-compliant psychiatric and psychological reports for Crown and Magistrates’ Courts. We understand the urgency of custody time limits and trial dates.

Fitness & Capacity

  • Fitness to Plead Assessment
  • Fitness to Stand Trial
  • Capacity to Instruct Solicitor
  • Effective Participation Assessment
  • Vulnerable Defendant Assessment

Responsibility & Intent

  • Diminished Responsibility
  • Insanity Defence (M’Naghten)
  • Mens Rea / Criminal Intent
  • Automatism Assessment
  • Intoxication Defence

Risk & Sentencing

  • Pre-Sentencing Psychiatric Report
  • Mitigation Reports
  • Violence Risk (HCR-20)
  • Sexual Offender Risk
  • Dangerousness Assessment

Specialist assessments for care proceedings, custody disputes, and child welfare. Our experts act with sensitivity and precision in complex family matters.

Parenting Assessments

  • Parenting Capacity Assessment
  • Parenting with Mental Health Issues
  • Parenting with Substance Misuse
  • Capacity for Change
  • Domestic Violence Context

Child Focused

  • Attachment Assessment (CARE-Index)
  • Risk to Children Assessment
  • Non-Accidental Injury (NAI)
  • Fabricated Illness (FII)
  • Sexual Abuse Risk

Proceedings

  • Child Psychological Assessment
  • Competence to Instruct Solicitor
  • Viability Assessment
  • Special Guardianship
  • Parental Alienation

Expert medical evidence for asylum claims, human rights appeals, and judicial reviews. We specialize in Istanbul Protocol compliant reporting.

Torture & Trauma

  • Full Istanbul Protocol Assessment
  • Physical Scarring Documentation
  • Psychological Torture Documentation
  • PTSD Assessment (Asylum)
  • Trauma Assessment

Specific Risks

  • Trafficking / Modern Slavery
  • FGM Assessment
  • Honour-Based Violence
  • Political/Religious Persecution
  • LGBTQ+ Persecution

Detention & Return

  • Fitness to Fly
  • Deportation Impact
  • Unlawful Detention
  • Fitness for Detention (Rule 35)
  • Country of Origin Health Report

Robust mental capacity assessments under the MCA 2005 for all legal and financial contexts, delivered by COP3 certified specialists.

Legal & Financial

  • Testamentary Capacity (Wills)
  • Retrospective Testamentary Capacity
  • Litigation Capacity
  • Capacity to Instruct Solicitor
  • Power of Attorney Capacity

Health & Welfare

  • COP3 Form Completion
  • Best Interests Assessment
  • Health & Welfare Capacity
  • Capacity to Consent to Treatment
  • Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS)

Personal Decisions

  • Capacity to Marry
  • Sexual Relations Capacity
  • Social Media Use Capacity
  • Residence Decisions

High-level forensic analysis of breach of duty and causation. We connect you with top-tier Consultants for liability and condition reports.

Liability & Causation

  • Screening Report (Breach & Causation)
  • Full Liability Report
  • Condition & Prognosis
  • Standard of Care Report
  • Bolam/Bolitho Analysis

Psychiatric & Mental Health

  • Psychiatric Negligence
  • Failure to Section
  • Suicide Risk Management Failure
  • Missed Diagnosis

Physical & Surgical

  • Birth Injury / Cerebral Palsy
  • Cauda Equina
  • Cancer Delay / Misdiagnosis
  • Sepsis Assessment
  • Surgical Error
  • Medication Error

Comprehensive multi-track reports for physical and psychological trauma, ranging from RTA whiplash to catastrophic life-changing injuries.

Psychological Injury

  • PTSD Assessment
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Anxiety & Depression
  • Travel Anxiety
  • Chronic Pain Psychology

Physical & Complex

  • Complex Multi-Track Report
  • Brain Injury Assessment
  • Spinal Injury
  • Amputation Assessment
  • Scarring & Burns
  • Loss of Amenity

Industrial & Occupational

  • NIHL Assessment
  • HAVS Assessment
  • Asbestosis / Mesothelioma
  • RSI / WRULD
  • Occupational Asthma

Expert reports for workplace disputes, focusing on stress, discrimination, and fitness for work under the Equality Act 2010.

Discrimination

  • Disability Discrimination Assessment
  • Disability Status
  • Reasonable Adjustments
  • Substantial Disadvantage

Workplace Impact

  • Work-Related Stress
  • Workplace Bullying Impact
  • Harassment Impact
  • Sexual Harassment Impact
  • Whistleblowing Impact

Occupational Health

  • Fitness for Work
  • Return to Work Assessment
  • Ill-Health Retirement
  • Burnout Assessment

Detailed risk analysis for parole hearings, lifer reviews, and assessments of mental health within the custody environment.

Parole & Reviews

  • Parole Board Assessment
  • Lifer Review
  • IPP Assessment
  • Recidivism Risk
  • Category A Review

Risk & Safety

  • Self-Harm Risk
  • Suicide Risk in Custody
  • Segregation Impact
  • Dynamic Risk Factors

Release

  • Release Planning
  • Resettlement Assessment
  • MAPPA Assessment
  • Licence Conditions

Reports linking housing conditions to health deterioration, supporting claims for disrepair and unfitness for human habitation.

Physical Impact

  • Fitness for Habitation
  • Damp & Mould Health Impact
  • Asthma & Respiratory Impact
  • Cold/Heating Impact

Psychological Impact

  • Psychological Impact of Disrepair
  • Housing-Related Anxiety
  • Overcrowding Impact
  • Infestation Impact

Vulnerability

  • Child Health Impact
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Homelessness Mental Health Impact

Independent Section 49 reports and tribunal evidence for detention reviews, ensuring fair treatment under the MHA 1983.

Section Reviews

  • Section 2 & 3 Assessment Review
  • Section 37/41 Review
  • CTO Review
  • Section 47/49 Review

Tribunals

  • Mental Health Tribunal Report
  • First-Tier Tribunal
  • Upper Tribunal
  • MHA Compliance

Discharge

  • Least Restrictive Option
  • Conditional Discharge
  • Absolute Discharge Assessment

Expert medical evidence for coronial proceedings and inquiries, establishing cause of death and analyzing systems failures.

Causation

  • Cause of Death Report
  • Medical Causation for Inquest
  • Post-Mortem Review

Analysis

  • Medical Records Review
  • Healthcare Chronology
  • Systems Failure Analysis
  • Root Cause Analysis

Specifics

  • Article 2 Inquest Report
  • Preventability Assessment

Specialist assessments for ADHD, Autism, and neuro-conditions in both civil and criminal contexts.

ADHD

  • Adult ADHD Assessment
  • Child ADHD Assessment
  • ADHD & Criminal Behaviour
  • ADHD & Capacity

Autism (ASD)

  • Autism Spectrum Assessment (ADOS-2)
  • Adult/Child Autism
  • Autism & Criminal Justice
  • Autism & Capacity

Cognitive

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Learning Difficulty
  • IQ Assessment
  • Acquired Brain Injury