Area of expertise

Adult Mental Health & Addictions Expert Witnesses

Adult mental health and addictions is a broad area covering mental health conditions and substance use problems in adults. These may occur independently or together as co-occurring conditions. Cases involving mental health and addictions can raise complex medico-legal questions. These may relate to diagnosis, assessment, substance use, mental capacity, causation, clinical management and subsequent outcomes. Our mental health and addictions expert witnesses can provide independent, evidence-based medico-legal opinions and reports. Experts may review medical records, assessments and other relevant evidence. They can provide an opinion on matters within their specialist area of expertise.

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We will nominate a suitable independent expert from our panel and provide terms and timescales.