Dr Yameen Qureshi FRCPsych — Consultant Psychiatrist & Expert Witness
Psychiatric expert witness reports for solicitors across Scotland
Dr Yameen Qureshi is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Glasgow, dually accredited in General Adult and Addiction Psychiatry, providing independent medico-legal reports to pursuer and defender agents, insurers and regulatory bodies throughout Scotland.
- Pursuers and defenders
- 4771627
- Aberdeen University, 2021
- Cardiff University, 2024
Independence
There is no bias towards pursuers or defenders. The expert's overriding duty is to the court or tribunal, not to the instructing party, and every instruction begins with a conflict check.
Diagnosis, causation and prognosis in psychiatric injury, with reasoned opinion on treatment need, capacity for work and the psychiatric element of the claim.
Independent scrutiny of the psychiatric case advanced: pre-existing history, apportionment, consistency of reported symptoms with the records, and likely prognosis.
Review of an opposing psychological or psychiatric report.
Who instructs Dr Qureshi
- Solicitors acting for pursuers and for defenders
- Insurers and claims handlers
- Professional regulatory bodies
- Medical defence organisations
- Trade unions
- Occupational health providers
Areas of expertise
Reports are prepared across civil, family, regulatory and criminal areas of work.
- Personal injury — Psychiatric injury reports for pursuers and defenders in Scottish personal injury actions.
- PTSD and psychological trauma — Diagnosis, causation and prognosis in post-traumatic stress and adjustment disorders.
- Anxiety and depression (including adjustment disorders and phobic anxiety) — Assessment of depressive and anxiety disorders arising from accident, assault or workplace events.
- Chronic pain and somatisation — Psychiatric opinion on chronic pain, somatic symptom disorder and medically unexplained symptoms.
- Alcohol and substance misuse — Addiction psychiatry opinion on dependency, relapse risk and treatment needs.
- Personality disorders — Opinion on personality disorder, its interaction with alleged injury and its effect on function.
- Clinical negligence — Breach of duty and causation opinion in psychiatric and mental health negligence claims.
Qualifications
- MBBS, University of London
- 2001
- MRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 2005
- MSc Alcohol and Drug Addiction
- 2010
- FRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 2021
- Certificate of Accreditation as a Civil Expert Witness, University of Aberdeen
- 2021
- Family Expert Witness Accreditation, Cardiff University
- 2024
- GMC specialist register — General Adult and Addiction Psychiatry
- Current
- Health Examiner and Medical Supervisor to the General Medical Council
- Current
- Medical Advisor to the General Dental Council
- Current
- Law Society of Scotland Expert Witness Directory
- Listed
Full detail is set out in Dr Qureshi's professional background and CV.
How instruction works
- Availability and conflict check
- Letter of instruction
- Assessment — in person at the Glasgow office, an agreed venue elsewhere in Scotland, or remotely by secure video link where appropriate
- Report and follow-up — Reports are usually provided within two to four weeks of the assessment. Urgent instructions can be considered. Supplementary reports, joint reports and attendance at proof are available as required
The full process is set out under Instructing Dr Qureshi.