Paediatric expert witnesses
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Expert Witness Reports
Our chambers provide child and adolescent psychiatrist expert witnesses to referring solicitors, reporting on children’s mental health: diagnosis, the standard of CAMHS care, causation of psychiatric injury, and prognosis. You see the CV before you appoint, and every report is court-ready and written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court.
- Acts for either side
- Single joint expert available
- CV before you appoint
- CPR Part 35 court-ready reports
The role
What a child and adolescent psychiatrist expert witness does
A child and adolescent psychiatrist is a medical doctor specialising in children’s mental health. They give an opinion on diagnosis, on the standard of psychiatric and CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) care, on the causation of psychiatric injury, and on prognosis in paediatric negligence claims.
Credentials
Regulation and safeguarding
Scope
Areas covered
A child and adolescent psychiatrist expert witness covers the questions most often in issue in children’s mental health:
CAMHS failings include delayed diagnosis and inadequate risk assessment.
Reports
What they assess and produce
The same expert can address the clinical questions in the case and produce the reports the proceedings require.
What they assess
- Neurodevelopmental conditions
- The psychiatric impact of injury and abuse
- Emotional harm relevant to family proceedings
What they produce
- Condition-and-prognosis reports
- Liability and breach reports
- Causation reports
Available as a single joint expert or a party-appointed expert.
Assurance
How we vet the expert
- We confirm GMC registration and specialist-register status.
- We review current clinical practice.
- We check familiarity with the CPR Part 35 duties of an expert witness.
- For abuse matters we confirm Level 3 safeguarding training.
- You receive the CV to assess suitability before you appoint.
Independence
Written to the duty to the court
Every report is written to the expert’s duty to the court rather than to the party who appoints them. We act for either side, and we can provide a single joint expert where the parties agree.
Common questions
Yes, including delayed diagnosis, risk assessment and gaps in care.
A psychiatrist is a GMC-registered medical doctor who can diagnose and comment on medication; a psychologist is HCPC-registered and focuses on psychological assessment. We provide both.
Either side. The expert’s CPR Part 35 duty is to the court.
Yes, where the parties agree; otherwise as a party-appointed expert. Either way, the duty is to the court.
We respond within minutes of your enquiry and send the CV for review before you appoint.
Tell us the case type
We will respond within minutes and allocate a child and adolescent psychiatrist for your matter. We act for either side, for solicitors across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.