Over 30 years of medical expertise as a Psychiatric Expert Witness. Dr Cooling provides independent expert witness services and CPR Part 35 compliant reports for personal injury cases, in particular, major trauma, historical abuse and he works across the United Kingdom and internationally.
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Dr Cooling is a Consultant General Psychiatrist who has been specialising in personal injury medico-legal practice since 1992. Dr Cooling has expertise in providing carefully evidenced psychiatric reports and over the years, he has been involved in multiple high profile international and British cases, including assessing victims of terrorist events, major disasters and historical abuse.
Dr Cooling is a Bond Solon trained Expert Witness who is revalidated until 2029. Dr Cooling also founded the National Service for Police Psychiatry. Dr Cooling regularly provides comprehensive psychiatric assessments for personal injury cases and he has also been involved in providing advice for many large institutions over the years.
Dr Cooling is a General Psychiatrist and provides expert witness opinion within his field of expertise; personal injury and major trauma. Dr Cooling has been involved in major national and international trauma events. Dr Cooling has provided expert witness evidence for the following claims:-
Dr Cooling has served as Independent Audit Panel Member for Cardiff County Council and currently he is the Chairperson for Teignmouth Gardening Club. Dr Cooling is a magistrate who served on the Huddersfield Bench in West Yorkshire. Dr Cooling was a founder and board member of ACORN, a charity set-up to provide medical and dental care for children in Romania. ACORN relocated children from 12 orphanages back into the community in and around Ploiești.
In addition to his personal injury practice, Dr Cooling also provides opinions in respect of mental capacity.
To facilitate a prompt conflict check, fee estimate and timeline. Instructing parties are asked to adhere to the following procedure:-
Initial enquiry, provide a summary of the facts of the claims, specific report requirements and critical court deadlines. Formal instruction and medical records must be sent via secure transfer
Dr Cooling’s clinical availability. Dr Cooling is able to work remotely and face to face. Clinics are available once a month in Huddersfield and on a weekly basis in London, Exeter and Bristol. Home visits are available throughout the United Kingdom
Litfield House
Litfield Place, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3LS
Telephone: 01179 731 323
Cedar Court Hotel Board Room
Ainley Top, Huddersfield HD3 3RH
Exeter Court Hotel Board Room
Kennford, Exeter EX6 7UX
The Royal Society of Medicine
Number 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
A selection of articles and clinical projects advancing the psychiatric field.
This project was based on PSE assessment of 320 psychotic patients and involved a comparison between the phenomenology of psychotic illness and associated with known organic pathology and age-matched psychotic patients with functional psychoses. Dr Cooling presented this project to the Spring Quarterly Meeting in Aberdeen.
Dr Cooling worked on a project at Northwick Park concerning gastro-intestinal permeability in schizophrenia and the paper was presented at the Spring Quarterly Meeting in Aberdeen.
Dr Cooling was involved in assessing 1400 patients in Shenley Hospital in order to provide data on head-size in schizophrenia.