What Is A Medicolegal Assessment?
Medico legal assessment is a vital part of modern medicine law. You may require a medico legal assessment and psychiatric report for a variety of reasons. If you have been badly affected by an accident or workplace negligence, it may be not sufficient for you to appear in court and state that you have been suffering since the event. You will need a medico legal expert psychiatrist to testify as to the symptoms you are experiencing the impact on your life.
A medico legal assessment evaluates whether any psychological harm has been suffered or whether the person being assessed has a particular condition. The medico legal assessment is designed to answer legal questions posed by the court, the claimant or defendant. At the heart of the medico legal evaluation is the application of reliable scientific techniques to gather and evaluate the medical evidence.
How Can Auckland Psychiatrist Help?
At Auckland Psychiatrist, our medico legal experts can provide a psychiatric assessment for people who's been through a traumatic event. Our psychological medico legal assessment can also be used to advise the court on the severity of the psychological harm and the level of compensation that should be paid for those injuries.
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In criminal proceedings, a medico legal assessment entails whether a person was legally insane at the time of committing an offence; whether the person has the competencies to plead or meaningfully participate in criminal proceedings. Alternatively, the medico legal assessment report can be used to decide whether the defendant or complainant needs special measures at court.
Why Choose Auckland Psychiatrist For Medico Legal Assessments?
The team at Auckland Psychiatrist are a highly qualified and experienced group of medico legal experts. We can carry out medico legal assessments on your clients, including:
Fitness to Stand Trial or Fitness to Plead
Insanity evaluation
Independent medical evaluations
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ACC (mental injury & disability claims)
Fitness and return to work evaluations
Immigration-related evaluations.
Our medico legal psychiatrists also create the reports required for court and to give evidence in courts or tribunals.
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Medico legal experts can explain and condense very complex issues to a format that is easy to understand. Medico legal experts, such as psychiatrists, have highly specialised skills and attention to detail in medico legal cases, as well as experience in delivering a distinct balance between empathy and objectivity.
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Our psychiatrists have extensive experience working with solicitors and barristers in medico legal cases. If you are a solicitor or individual in need of a psychiatric or psychological medico legal assessment, please contact Auckland Psychiatrist on 0212416007 or send an inquiry form via our website.
Medico Legal Experts & Cases
At Auckland Psychiatrist, we focus on producing a high quality, precise, and objective medico legal assessment and report for our clients. Our medico legal experts can provide medico legal assessments, expert witness reports and testimony for the criminal courts in Auckland. Our specialist medico legal reports provide a thorough assessment of the issues in the case leading to an early settlement of the medico legal case. Because our psychiatrists have extensive knowledge of psychiatry and law we can ensure that our reports are focused and address the relevant medico legal issues.
Please contact Auckland Psychiatrist with any enquiries and instructions regarding medico legal cases. To discuss your medico legal requirements, please call us on 0212416007 or fill in the inquiry form on our website.