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“Guidelines in Scotland, for example, encourage
eyewitnesses to justify the reason they identified someone from the identity parade, but say nothing about
asking eyewitnesses for their level of confidence in
their identification.
Dr Essam Kamel
Consultant Psychiatrist
Medical Member of First Tier Tribunal, Mental health 2013, CCT in Old Age, General Adult and
Substance Misuse Psychiatry 2008, MSc in Psychiatric Research, University College London 2007,
Advanced Diploma in Family Interventions, Middlesex University 2006, MRCPsych Royal College
of Psychiatrists, London SW1X 8PG 2002,DPM – Diploma in Neuro psychiatry, Dublin, Ireland 2000.
“In England and Wales, the policies surrounding
identity parades also remain silent about eyewitness
confidence.
Dr Essam Kamel is dually qualified in General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry with
endorsement in Addiction Psychiatry and has worked as a consultant psychiatrist since
2008. He is a competent, caring clinician with extensive experience in managing people with a wide range of
mental disorders including writing medicolegal reports.
“However, we now know from this research that most
psychologists in the field believe eyewitness confidence, when collected properly, to be a valuable piece
of information.
He has full UK training experience approved by the RCPsych, basic psychiatric training was at Guys and St Thomas
and higher training was at UCL and Royal Free-associated hospitals. He is a medical member of First Tier Tribunal.
Dr Kamel is fluent in Arabic and French.
Experience in Medico-legal work
• Experience in Medico-legal work:
• Working in the court diversion scheme preparing reports for the court for the mentally ill offender (schizophrenia,
substance misuse, personality disorder)
“Most psychologists in the field also agree that it is
most valuable when gathered as early as possible
rather than further down the line such as in court.
This survey shows that most experts have changed
their thinking on this issue. These policies in England,
Scotland, and Wales therefore need to change.
• Cross examining evidence through his role in the Ministry of Justice
• Working with the Medical Foundation alongside solicitors and GPs to support victims of torture (PTSD,
Depression, anxiety, transcultural psychiatry)
• Family work and assessing parental skills
• Capacity assessment and DoLS assessments and reports (organic brain disease - including dementia -with
challenging behaviour)
• Training and experience in writing medico-legal reports
He has furnished medico-legal reports is in the following areas:
• Immigration cases mental disorder (dementia, PTSD)
• Occupational health cases (stress, anxiety, bullying at work)
• Family cases: Parental capacity in family court proceeding, (mental illness, personality disorder, addiction)
• Negligence cases
• Older adult cases: Retrospective capacity, testamentary capacity, negligence
• Forensic cases: fitness to plead/to be interviewed, magistrate and Crown Court reports
Languages spoken: English/Arabic/French
The solution, Dr Seale-Carlisle asserts is simple:
“In my opinion this is the most important piece of
information the legal system can collect from eyewitnesses aside from who eyewitnesses identify – and the
legal system in the UK does not currently collect it.
Contact Details
Tel: 07958 564 371 - Email: essamkk@hotmail.com
Area of Work: Nationwide
“The policy to refrain from collecting confidence is
based on an outdated notion that experts today do not
agree with.
“All it takes is a simple question: “How confident are
you that this is the person who committed the crime?”
Want to contribute?
“The U.S. Department of Justice recently updated
their department-wide policy to encourage the collection of initial confidence, and we encourage the UK to
do the same.”
Please send your paper or article
to, admin@expertwitness.co.uk
Dr Srikanth Nimmagadda
Dr Leon Francis
Consultant Adult Psychiatry
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist & Professor
of Psychological Medicine
MBChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PGCert, DipOccMed(Manc)
Responsive and thorough assessments of individuals and supporting documentation.
Practice informed by ongoing clinical practice in areas of General Adult Psychiatry,
Psychiatric Intensive Care, Mental Health in Occupational Settings, Occupational
functional assessment in the context of mental health complaint. Ongoing practice in
NHS settings - maintaining breadth of knowledge and exposure to the full range of
psychiatric severity.
MBBS, FRCPsych, DPM (Ire), MMedSc, MFFLM, LLM (Mental Health Law),
MA in Medical Ethics and Law, MIIOPM, CUEW, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist on the
General Medical Council Specialist Register.
Dr Srikanth Nimmagadda’s areas of special interest and expertise
Face-to-face and video assessments, including national travel.
include Mentally Disordered Offenders in various Psychiatric and
Timely turnarounds of reports.
Custodial settings, PTSD, Affective Disorders, Mental Health Law,
Evidence-based application of psychopathology to presentations.
Evidence-based consideration of aetiology, cause of illness / disorder, symptoms,
resulting functional impact, treatment and prognosis.
Medical Ethics, Health Care Law and Addictions Psychiatry.
Coverage of biological, psychological and social considerations to presentations.
Dr Nimmagadda is able to prepare medico legal reports for Criminal
Clinical Experience in:
• Conception and delivery of CBT based workplace resilience training.
• Assessment of cognitive decline
• Assessment of disorder related to drugs and alcohol
• Assessment and treatment of psychotic disorder
• Assessment and treatment of depression
• Assessment and treatment of bipolar affective disorder
• Assessment and treatment of other mood disorders, and the impact of pain on mental
health.
• Assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
and Obsessive Compulsive disorder
• Assessment of behavioural disorders
• Assessment and management of personality disorders
• Assessment and Treatment of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Occupational mental health and workplace function assessments.
cases, Civil cases, Child & Family cases, MHTs, Immigration and
Asylum seeker cases, Parole Board Cases, Employment Tribunals
and Capacity Assessments.
Dr Nimmagadda practices from various consulting rooms,
Home Visits, Prisons and Solicitors offices. He is prepared to travel
throughout the country and is willing to see clients anywhere in UK.
Areas of work:
Doncaster, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester & Nationwide
Experienced in providing reports for occupational health, family courts, Crown Court,
Employment Tribunals, and Magistrate Court. Experienced in giving evidence in court.
Mobile: 07496 165 862
Contact: Janet, tel: 0161 818 7133, mobile: 07894 661040
Email: lfrancis@quopsych.com - altwernative Email: janet@quopsych.com,
Web:www.quopsych.co.uk
Email: snexpertreports@gmail.com
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