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Our experts are qualified, experienced and specialised psychiatrists. New members join our Chambers by invitation only and follow a rigorous and robust compliance and induction process.

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Dr Hassan Kapadia

Consultant Psychiatrist

Clinical experience

Dr Kapadia has expertise in the assessment and management of most psychiatric conditions affecting adults of working age, with substantial experience in perinatal psychiatry, medical psychotherapy, women’s mental health, and general adult psychiatry. Dr Kapadia integrates psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, and medical skills to provide a psychologically oriented understanding of patients’ difficulties. He is also one of a handful of psychiatric experts trained in the delivery of psychological interventions, enabling him to make thorough and appropriate recommendations for the most suitable treatment. Dr Kapadia has spent over 10 years working within Perinatal Psychiatry and is therefore especially in demand for comment on the psychiatric sequalae of obstetric negligence cases involving maternal injury, stillbirth, neonatal death and birth trauma.

Instructing Dr Kapadia

Dr Kapadia examines Claimants virtually by video consultation and also offers face-to-face appointments at our Harley Street clinic.

He accepts instructions for
  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Psychiatric causation, condition and prognosis
Special expertise
  • Women’s health
  • Perinatal psychiatry
  • Birth trauma
  • Sensitive cases: public interest; bullying; harassment and racial discrimination

Professor Verinder Prasher

Consultant Psychiatrist
(Learning Disability)

Clinical experience

Professor Verinder “Vee” Prasher is a consultant and academic research psychiatrist specialising in neurodevelopmental psychiatry (learning disability). For 35 years, Professor Prasher has worked as an NHS Consultant in Learning Disability and is currently employed as Visiting Professor of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry at Liverpool John Moore University. He integrates psychiatric, neurological, research, and general medicine skills to provide a comprehensive and scientific literature-based understanding of patients’ difficulties. 

Professor Prasher is an experienced academic, with a publishing catalogue of 14 textbooks and over 200 research articles. He is a leading world expert on ageing and physical health in adults with Down Syndrome.

Professor Prasher specialises in commenting on cases where the Claimant has a developmental disorder or learning disability, providing tailored assessment, diagnosis and treatment recommendations for individuals across the lifespan (birth to older adulthood). 

Instructing Professor Prasher

Professor Prasher offers home visits and/or office-based consultations across the UK. 

He accepts instructions for
  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Breach of duty reports (learning disability psychiatry)
  • Psychiatric causation, condition and prognosis
  • Mental capacity assessments
Special expertise
  • Developmental disorders
  • Learning disability
  • Down Syndrome

Dr Gary Wannan

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Clinical experience

Dr Wannan has expertise in treating children and young people within both community and in-patient settings. He has significant experience in psychosis, autism, learning disability, eating disorders, deaf services and parental mental health (where a child is affected by their carer’s mental illness). He has significant experience of working with children who have experienced trauma, having provided care and treatment to families following the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Instructing Dr Wannan

Dr Wannan offers face-to-face appointments in London; other locations are available on a case-by-case basis.

He accepts instructions for

  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Psychiatric causation, condition and prognosis
Special expertise
  • Complex trauma
  • Learning disability
  • Parental mental illness
  • Children within the care system (fostering, adoption)
  • Medical negligence claims
  • Mental capacity assessments

Dr Nicholas Taylor

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

Clinical experience

Dr Nicholas Taylor is a consultant forensic psychiatrist with 23 years of psychiatry experience. In his clinical practice, he has worked for many years with men and women who have histories of significant trauma and the psychiatric consequences of this, adopting a psychologically-informed approach to assessment and treatment. He has expertise in the assessment and management of most psychiatric conditions affecting working-age and older adults, with substantial experience in mental illness, specialist personality disorder services and specialist services for women, including as the Responsible Clinician for one of three Women in Enhanced Medium Secure Services (WEMSS) services nationally.

Instructing Dr Taylor

Dr Taylor examines Claimants virtually by video consultation and also offers face-to-face appointments in the East Midlands and on a case-by-case basis. 

He accepts instructions for
  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Breach of Duty reports (secure psychiatric settings)
  • Mental capacity assessments
Special expertise
  • Women’s health
  • Complex trauma
  • Sexual violence
  • Armed Forces

Dr Meetu Singh

Consultant Psychiatrist
(Neuropsychiatry)

Clinical experience

Dr Singh is a consultant psychiatrist with a special interest in Neuropsychiatry. She has experience in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with severe and complex mental health disorders including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder; as well as patients with complex neuropsychiatric, physical and mental health issues such as epilepsy, sleep disorders and functional movement disorders. Dr Singh is fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu.

Instructing Dr Singh

Dr Singh examines Claimants remotely via video consultation or face-to-face at her central Birmingham clinic.

She accepts instructions for

  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Breach of Duty reports (psychiatry/neuropsychiatry)
  • Psychiatric causation, condition and prognosis
  • Mental capacity assessments
  • Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury
Special expertise
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Functional disorders
  • Autism spectrum disorder / ADHD

Dr Rajendra Harsh

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

Clinical experience

Dr Harsh is a consultant forensic psychiatrist with 21 years’ psychiatry experience. He is a highly skilled clinician trained to provide and deliver expert clinical care and leadership, ensuring the delivery of high quality care for patients. In his clinical practice, Dr Harsh provides holistic and compassionate care for individuals with complex treatment needs, often arising out of serious traumatic life experiences, drugs and alcohol use, and personality disorder. He has completed a Master’s degree in forensic mental health studies, with a thesis on the management of mentally disordered sex offenders. 

Instructing Dr Harsh

Dr Harsh examines Claimants remotely via video consultation, with face-to-face consultations available on a case-by-case basis. 

He accepts instructions for
  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Breach of Duty (forensic psychiatry/secure settings)
  • Psychiatric causation, condition and prognosis
  • Mental capacity assessments
Special expertise
  • Complex trauma
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Psychosis, anxiety and personality disorders
  • Adult ADHD

Dr Baldeep Farmah

Consultant Psychiatrist

Clinical experience

Dr Farmah is a consultant psychiatrist with particular experience in affective disorder and early intervention and treatment of psychosis. He is dual-trained as a medical aesthetician, treating clients with a range of non-surgical interventions.  He has special interest in the psychiatric sequalae of accidents involving facial injury, scarring or disfigurement, offering holistic psychiatric assessment of the individuals’ difficulties.

Instructing Dr Farmah

Dr Farmah examines Claimants remotely via video consultation, with face-to-face consultations available on a case-by-case basis. 

Harsh

He accepts instructions for
  • Claimant/Defendant/Single Joint Expert
  • Psychiatric causation, condition and prognosis
  • Mental capacity assessments
Special expertise
  • Psychosis / affective disorders
  • Aesthetics
  • Cosmetic and dental negligence
  • Facial injuries
  • Scarring and disfigurement
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