Leading provider of psychological services

Expert Witness

If you’re a solicitor with a requirement for an expert witness, we know what you need.

When it comes to providing expert witnesses to the legal profession, we’re the experts

You need immediate attention. You need highly experienced psychologists. You need to control costs.

And you need a reliable service where you can expect all the administration, booking of appointments and court dates as well as quality-checked reports to be delivered as standard.

At Psychology Direct, you can expect all that and more.

We put a diverse network of over 1000 expert psychologists at your disposal, all of whom are used to working to fixed budgets, including complying with Legal Aid rates. You’ll benefit from a dedicated client manager, assigned to you for the duration of your case. The initial enquiry will spark an instant buzz of activity, as your client manager quickly matches your requirements to a selection of appropriately qualified professionals. With an in-depth knowledge of the psychologists on our register working across family, criminal, civil, immigration and prison law, your client manager will ensure they fully understand the specifics of your brief, and can advise you if you need help defining the specialism needed on the case.

Even when faced with complex or challenging geographical, language or specialist qualification criteria, we deliver. And we do so with an accompanying dedicated, helpful service that is so highly valued by solicitors that they return to us year after year, case after case.

We understand the pressure you’re under, and what’s at stake. We respect your role and the implications of the prompt securing of expert testimony. At the centre of every case sits a human being, deserving of the efficient, professional representation you’re trying to give. That’s why our experienced and highly-trained team will do whatever is necessary to deliver what you need.

Face-to-face and remote assessments

Our clinicians are able to offer flexible solutions according to what is best for you and your client. Many situations require seeing the client in person, but remote assessments can offer a more accessible, convenient and speedy alternative.  Our psychologists are experienced in delivering both whilst ensuring that assessment is of the highest standard.

If you need an expert witness now, contact us now.

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Fast and Responsive

  • Response to email within one hour
  • Three Expert Witness CVs and fees within 24 hours
  • Psychology Medico Legal reports within four to six weeks
  • Fast track service available
  • Dedicated client manager on hand for enquiries
  • Able to meet even the most challenging deadlines

Outstanding Quality

  • Over 1000 qualified, pre-vetted psychologists available for expert witness work within Clinical, Educational, Neuro and Forensic
  • All experts registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and/or The British Psychological Society
  • High quality reports, provided by the Expert Witness and 100% proof-read by our teams
  • All experts adhere to latest MoJ Practice Directions and are up to date with relevant CPD

Personal Service

  • One call, and you’ll be allocated your personal, dedicated client manager for the duration of your case
  • Professional, flexible and friendly service
  • Proactive and efficient case management
  • Wide range of cultures, languages and geographical regions represented within our network

Competitive Costs

  • Full fee estimate provided upfront, tailored to your specific case
  • All Experts work at Legal Aid rates
  • Our comprehensive service at no additional costs
  • Fees normally the same or lower than approaching an Expert Witness directly
  • Comprehensive and flexible range of assessments available comprising clinical interviews and evidence based psychometric tests as required
  • Response to email within one hour
  • Three Expert Witness CVs and fees within 24 hours
  • Psychology Medico Legal reports within four to six weeks
  • Fast track service available
  • Dedicated client manager on hand for enquiries
  • Able to meet even the most challenging deadlines
  • Over 1000 qualified, pre-vetted psychologists available for expert witness work within Clinical, Educational, Neuro and Forensic
  • All experts registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and/or The British Psychological Society
  • High quality reports, provided by the Expert Witness and 100% proof-read by our teams
  • All experts adhere to latest MoJ Practice Directions and are up to date with relevant CPD
  • One call, and you’ll be allocated your personal, dedicated client manager for the duration of your case
  • Professional, flexible and friendly service
  • Proactive and efficient case management
  • Wide range of cultures, languages and geographical regions represented within our network
  • Full fee estimate provided upfront, tailored to your specific case
  • All Experts work at Legal Aid rates
  • Our comprehensive service at no additional costs
  • Fees normally the same or lower than approaching an Expert Witness directly
  • Comprehensive and flexible range of assessments available comprising clinical interviews and evidence based psychometric tests as required
Psychiatry Direct

Need a Psychiatrist?

Did you know that we also offer Psychiatric services?

Our fully-vetted Psychiatrists are qualified to provide detailed, medically-based analysis and assessment of a person’s state of mind or mental health.

How we can help you
Get in touch

Contact us using one of the tabs on the form below, or call us on 01306 879 975 to find out how we can help.

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Our process

It's simple, we understand your need and...

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We match associates to your needs

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You instruct & we manage the Admin

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Report QC checked & submitted on time

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FAQs

Your questions answered

Yes. We are fully aware and understanding of our clients’ budgets, so all our Psychologists work to Legal Aid rates.

We can also supply CVs and quotes for 3 Experts with the full breakdown of hours, as required by the Legal Aid Agency.

First of all, contact us! You can call us on 01306 879 975. You can request a call back. You can email us or use our contact form. Once we have your initial contact request, we’ll respond within an hour. One of our Client Managers will take a brief of your requirements, and get to work straight away, using their knowledge of our network of Psychologists and Psychiatrists to get you 3 CVs and quotes within 24 hours. Once an Expert Witness is instructed, bookings for assessments and all other administration required for the case will be managed by us and we will ensure that the report is delivered within your required timescales.

We vett all of our psychologists prior to registration and only accept applications from psychologists who are registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and/or the British Psychological Society. We also ask that they provide an anonymous copy of a previous report for us to check, before we give them their first instruction. In addition to this all reports are quality checked by our Client Management team prior to being released to you.

Finally, we constantly monitor the performance of our psychologists in terms of their ability to adhere to agreed fees & deadlines as we appreciate that these are also very important.

Our register of Psychologists contains professionals in a wide variety of specialist areas. Contact us for help with finding Expert Witnesses in Family Law, Criminal Law, PI/Civil Law, Immigration Law, Prison Law and Employment Law.

At Psychology Direct we have a reputation for being able to deliver against even the most demanding deadlines. We understand that sometimes legal professionals need rapid access to high quality Expert Witness reports.

We have an excellent track record in going the extra mile to produce reports within days or weeks when required and exceeding our clients’ expectations on speed and efficiency.

If you need urgent help, just give us a call and we will show you what we can do!