The Law Society of Scotland - Directory of Expert Witnesses entry for Dr Robert Lindsay
 










 Dr Robert Lindsay
 

Consultant Psychiatrist
"Glenoonah"
Kippen
Stirling
Stirlingshire
FK8 3EW
Tel: 01786 870414
Mobile: 07788 656310
Email: rlindsay@doctors.org.uk
Web site: www.theoldsurgery.net

Specialist areas of work

PSYCHIATRY
  trauma sequelae (psychiatry including personal injury)
  accident victims (psychiatry)
  rape/sexual abuse victims (psychiatry)
  assault victims (psychiatry)
  crime victims (psychiatry)
  post-traumatic stress disorder (psychiatry)
  psychosomatic disorders/Munchausen/factitious disorders
  Munchausen by proxy
  violence/self harm/suicide
  stress disorders: psychiatry
  fitness to plead (psychiatric assessment)
  witness assessment/testamentary capacity
  Mental Health Act/reviews
  child/adolescent/family psychiatry

FAMILY/CHILD ISSUES
  child abuse (family/child issues)
  child emotional abuse
  child sexual abuse
  child issues
  child adoption/foster care/wardship
  children in care/care proceedings
  child custody/access/residence/contact
  family functioning
  lesbian/gay families (homosexual families)
  parenting assessment/fitness to parent
  assessment of attachments
  child contact disputes
  families and mental illness/mental disability
  matrimonial disputes
  mediation

Experience of
Personal injury, Acting for pursuer, Acting for defender, Giving evidence in court (as verified by referee)

Willing to do
Clinical negligence

Types of work - instructions/reports/court appearances
Average number of instructions per year: 8
Number of court appearances in the last three years: 3
Number of reports in the last three years: 20

Geographical areas of work
Scotland

Professional qualifications and accredited experience
MBChB Glasgow (1975), MRC Psych (1980), FRC Psych (2006), DRCOG (1979), AFT (1988)

Membership of other professional bodies
Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Member of the Scottish Institution of Human Relations

SPECIALISMS
Former consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow. Twenty years' experience of medico-legal work at all levels of jurisdiction. Practice restricted to children, adolescents, young adults and families. Registered family therapist.