Dr Devika Colwill is a Consultant Psychiatrist with a decade of experience as an Expert Witness, primarily working on complex and high-value cases. She is certified by Bond Solon and is an Inspire Medilaw-accredited civil expert witness.
Dr Colwill accepts instructions from both claimants and defendants and regularly provides evidence on condition and prognosis, attributable loss, causation, liability, and breach of duty in personal injury and clinical negligence claims.
Dr Colwill covers the full breadth of psychiatry, including, but not limited to, depressive disorder, spinal injury-related psychiatric sequelae, and stroke. She has particular specialist knowledge of autism, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), chronic pain, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Dr Colwill also has extensive experience with Mental Health Tribunal hearings, encompassing both civil and forensic sections of the Mental Health Act. She is a leading expert in neurodiversity, including conditions such as autism and ADHD, and has built a reputation for her methodical and evidence-based reporting style.
She is available to provide oral evidence in court when required.
Dr Colwill is instructed in cases associated with:
Personal injury and clinical negligence relating to:
Dr Colwill’s appointment availability is 6 weeks and her report turnaround time is 6-8 weeks.
Dr Colwill is a general adult Consultant Psychiatrist with over 20 years of clinical experience in mental health. She has been a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 2009, with an endorsement in liaison psychiatry (psychological medicine). As a mark of distinction and in recognition of her contributions to psychiatry, Dr Colwill was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2022.
She is approved by the Secretary of State under Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act (1983) as having specialist experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Dr Colwill has served as a lead consultant for high-dependency psychiatric rehabilitation services for four and a half years.
She was also responsible for the care of patients with Autism and comorbid conditions, which accounted for about a quarter of the patients in the rehab service. She has also provided a liaison service with the complex case review panel and risk panel at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This involved the regular preparation of reports concerning capacity to consent to treatment, capacity in relation to finances and property and criteria for detention, as well as complex case reviews and second opinion reports often spanning decades of information with multiple diagnoses and risks.
In her most recent role as a Community Consultant Psychiatrist, she conducted approximately 350 referral assessments a year for a large catchment area predominantly consisting of patients with mood disorders, psychosis, somatisation and complex PTSD.
Dr Colwill has worked in general psychiatric and forensic stepdown services, including community care, crisis and inpatient care, early intervention in psychosis, child and adolescent psychiatric services, substance misuse services, high security forensic services, psychiatric intensive care units, neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric services, and maternal mental health. She regularly provides teaching, training and presentations at courses, conferences and academic meetings both nationally and internationally.
No, Dr Colwill will see Claimants from the age of 18+ only.
No, Dr Colwill does not cover anything that involves serious traumatic brain injury, or neuropsychiatry referrals relating to brain injury cases.
No, Dr Colwill does not cover any cases involving a serious learning disability (IQ below 79).
No, Dr Colwill does not undertake Criminal or Family cases.
No, Dr Colwill does have previous experience with amputations.
Yes - she has experience of being a full-time psychiatrist in an addictions team for inner city London for a year and a half, and 8 years of experience in treating addictions as a comorbid condition from 2016 to 2024.
Yes, I can.
No, this falls outside of my remit.
I do not have a CCT in LD, and I do not have a Child and Adolescent CCT.
I have never done reports on obstetric claims, so this would fall outside of my remit.
As this case involves phantom pains post-amputation which requires a psychiatry/psychology specialist with specific expertise, I cannot assist with this.
Yes, I can.
I am a General Adult Psychiatrist with a Liaison Psychiatry endorsement. Liaison Psychiatry covers the interface between physical illness and mental illness. I consider myself to have the expertise to opine on the impact of depression on ability to self care/receive care and treatment, however not if they have a pre-existing diagnosis of an eating disorder.
I do not take on cases involving historical sexual abuse.
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