Expert witness services

We incorporate a highly respected group of Clinical Psychologists experienced in working as Expert
Witnesses in Child Protection cases across the country, with a proven track record of providing the highest
quality Psychological input in Court Proceedings, Pre-Court Proceedings and child care cases.

As an organisation we pride ourselves that all our Experts work within a philosophy of professionalism,
independence, fairness and even handedness. We embrace peer support, on-going training and
supervision, and our Psychologists employ formulation-based, theory and experience driven, approaches
in all the assessments we produce. Among our team we have experience of hundreds of cases across the
country. Our Experts are also highly experienced in giving evidence at hearings and at liaising with other
professionals, for example, via professionals meetings.

Please review our Areas of Expertise

Venue

Our offices provide a comfortable and well serviced setting for the provision of psychological assessments,
interventions and other services. However, our Psychologists can travel to any locations which best suit
our clients.

Commissioning work

In order to instruct our Psychologists for work in Court or Pre-Court Proceedings or for any other matters,
please contact our admin team on 01603 610 059 or via admin@pcea.co.uk.
Should you wish to confirm the instruction, please let us know as soon as possible and follow this with a
formal letter of instructions so that time-scales can be fixed.

Fees & Timescales

We adhere to Legal Aid Authority approved rates and hourly limit guidelines. In general we can report
4-6 weeks from receipt of Letter of Instruction. However, we will always do our best to meet any specific
restrictions regarding timescales and funding.