Arranging a forensic psyschologist myself
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Hello everyone,
Does anyone know if I can arrange and pay for myself, a private forensic psyschologist report, I have had experts recommend it for our case, but our solicitor says not a chance, and refuses to arrange it. We have been asking for 10 weeks now.
im sure it's the stigma of the offending that's making them unhelpful, they just want him locked up.
can I arrange it myself and pay? BUT would we be able to use it in court if it didn't come from the solicitor? I would also need an adjournment to wait for the results.
thanks to anyone who listens to me, I'm sure I'm not the only one battling solicitors, they have been unhelpful from day one xxx
Does anyone know if I can arrange and pay for myself, a private forensic psyschologist report, I have had experts recommend it for our case, but our solicitor says not a chance, and refuses to arrange it. We have been asking for 10 weeks now.
im sure it's the stigma of the offending that's making them unhelpful, they just want him locked up.
can I arrange it myself and pay? BUT would we be able to use it in court if it didn't come from the solicitor? I would also need an adjournment to wait for the results.
thanks to anyone who listens to me, I'm sure I'm not the only one battling solicitors, they have been unhelpful from day one xxx
Sorry im unable to answer youe question but I would be changing my solicitor if he said that to us .
On our 1st visit to ours he was so helpful & told us he has a great team of cyber forensics that will get to the bottom of our situation, should we need to use them.
On our 1st visit to ours he was so helpful & told us he has a great team of cyber forensics that will get to the bottom of our situation, should we need to use them.
I agree find another solicitor. We are not at stage of knowing if anything on the devices but early on we asked what if something downloaded and our son wasn't aware how would we prove it. Our solicitor said they had their own specialists who could check devices.
We asked because one of the police questions was 'could something have downloaded without you knowing'. The solicitor stepped in and said it wasn't a question my son could answer.
We asked because one of the police questions was 'could something have downloaded without you knowing'. The solicitor stepped in and said it wasn't a question my son could answer.
Did solicitor give a legal reason for that answer? If not, ditch them immediately. Given how much we pay for their services, they should be leaving no stone unturned unless it's because they don't think it's worth it for the process and they're trying to save you money.
I echo what others have said - I would find a new solicitor. You could of course arrange your own psychologist but I believe for legal reasons, through your legal team is a safer/better option.
Thankyou everyone for your responses.
we phoned the court yesterday, and they advised we email our judge and ask for an adjournment so we could get the reports done.
The judge refused the adjournment, but said they will be discussing the reports at sentencing.
Our solicitor wasn't happy about this and now refuse to represent us anyway. Claiming they will be open to criticism in court.
now we have no solicitor or barrister anyway.
frantically trying to find someone. Our nightmare continues! I don't think I've had a days peace in months, it's just exhausting.
we phoned the court yesterday, and they advised we email our judge and ask for an adjournment so we could get the reports done.
The judge refused the adjournment, but said they will be discussing the reports at sentencing.
Our solicitor wasn't happy about this and now refuse to represent us anyway. Claiming they will be open to criticism in court.
now we have no solicitor or barrister anyway.
frantically trying to find someone. Our nightmare continues! I don't think I've had a days peace in months, it's just exhausting.
Your solicitor sounds completely unprofessional!
We paid privately for a psych assessment, and if I recall it wasn't cheap, over £1,000. Well worth it though as my OH found out he has ADHD and autistic traits which he has been able to assess and understand much more about himself - the assessment outcome was they felt his childhood neglect had most likely been the factor to the offending, coupled with undiagnosed neurodivergent issues.
Hope you find some better representation quickly xx
We paid privately for a psych assessment, and if I recall it wasn't cheap, over £1,000. Well worth it though as my OH found out he has ADHD and autistic traits which he has been able to assess and understand much more about himself - the assessment outcome was they felt his childhood neglect had most likely been the factor to the offending, coupled with undiagnosed neurodivergent issues.
Hope you find some better representation quickly xx
Thank you.
I just don't know what to think about our solicitor, they informed us Monday they will no longer represent us, But they will not tell the court they're not representing us.
I only have an email saying they won't, but my person has an official letter, he has posted it to me today from prison and I will send that to the court.
This solicitor has caused us nothing but stress tbh. Surely he can't be sentenced without a solicitor and barrister?
Why would they not tell the court?
please everyone! Really look into your representation! We are in a really bad position because of ours. It's been horrendous.
We have never had to have a solicitor before, so we didn't know what we were doing and we trusted them, we shouldn't have! we should have done so much differently. Xxx
I just don't know what to think about our solicitor, they informed us Monday they will no longer represent us, But they will not tell the court they're not representing us.
I only have an email saying they won't, but my person has an official letter, he has posted it to me today from prison and I will send that to the court.
This solicitor has caused us nothing but stress tbh. Surely he can't be sentenced without a solicitor and barrister?
Why would they not tell the court?
please everyone! Really look into your representation! We are in a really bad position because of ours. It's been horrendous.
We have never had to have a solicitor before, so we didn't know what we were doing and we trusted them, we shouldn't have! we should have done so much differently. Xxx