I am a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, working in the NHS and also in private practice. I have over 10 years of experience of preparing medico-legal reports in family, civil and criminal matters. My particular interests are mental health law, teaching, especially with multi-disciplinary groups, and psychiatric assessments in death penalty cases. I am member of Forensic Psychiatry Chambers (www.forensicpsychiatrychambers.com), a group of experienced forensic psychiatrists providing psychiatric advice and reports to the legal profession, and of Papez Group (www.papezgroup.co.uk), a group of health care professionals with extensive experience of assessing and treating people with a wide range of mental health problems.