Dr Rajeev Dhar

Dr R Dhar
Oxleas House
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Stadium Road
London SE18 4QH
Email: dharrajeev@hotmail.com

MBBS London
MRCPsych (Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists)
Barrister at law (Lincolns Inn)

Dr Dhar has worked as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist (community, inpatient, prison and Court liaison) and Consultant Psychiatrist for Psychiatric Intensive Care and challenging behaviour. He is approved under Section (12)2 of the Mental Health Act 1983. He has also trained in Law and qualified as a Barrister. He was formerly Clinical Director of General Mental Health Services and so is experienced in service and employment matters, inquiries and clinical negligence. He is an honorary academic and lectures on courses at Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. He currently leads on clinicolegal work including expert evidence. He is a respected expert witness skills trainer for joint Institute of Psychiatry and City University workshops.

He has prepared psychiatric reports and evidence for criminal & civil matters addressing a range of issues in the UK and across different jurisdictions for many years.He is experienced in providing oral and written evidence to Court including the Old Bailey and High Court. As a medical manager he has experience of Inquiries, evidence for coroners court, clinical negligence and employment hearings and can provide independent reports for these purposes.

He is also available for reports in relation to criminal matters;
- Fitness to plead & stand trial
- Psychiatric defences as relevant to criminal matters
- Defences in murder cases, including diminished responsibility & provocation
- Insanity defence & automatism
- Intoxication as relevant to defences & intent
- Mental health for the purposes of mitigation
- Psychiatric issues for sentencing, hospital, restriction and community orders
- Independent reports prepared for the Mental Health Review Tribunal

He is also available for reports for the purposes of civil litigation;
Clinical negligence in mental health practice addressing the issue of duty of care, breach of duty & liability
Nervous shock ,PTSD and psychiatric injury
Psychiatric disability in relation to employment including, unfair dismissal cases
Experienced in consultation & assessment of mental capacity to make decisions, including treatment
Assessment & consultation in relation to deprivation of liberty