Expert Witness Journal Issue 67 June/July 2026 - Flipbook - Page 24
Dr Kailash Krishnan
Consultant in Stroke Medicine
and Hon Asst Professor
Dr Pete Fleming
MBBS, FRCP, FESO, PhD (Stroke Medicine)
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, PGDip, SRCN, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Dr Krishnan is triple accredited in General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Stroke
Dr Fleming is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist with over 16 years’ of
post-qualification experience. A Chartered member of the British Psychological
Society (C.Psychol), and a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
Medicine with expertise in Geriatrics and Stroke Medicine. He completed by PhD in
Stroke at the University of Nottingham and has been a full-time Consultant since
2016.
He is involved in the management of patients in stroke and transient ischaemic
attack (TIA) across the whole patient pathway including diagnosis, investigation, acute
Dr Fleming's current NHS post is Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist for
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), a community neuropsychology service involving clinical work with acquired brain injury and a wide range
of other neurological conditions, leadership, considerations of service strategy
and the management and supervision of junior colleagues. Previously, Dr
Fleming has worked across a range of inpatient specialist neuro-rehabilitation
facilities.
treatment, rehabilitation, secondary prevention and long-term complications.
Dr Krishnan is co-lead of the Mechanical Thrombectomy service at Queen's
Medical Centre Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and now involved in
roll-out and implementation of AI regionally. Dr Krishnan is also co-lead the PFO
closure for cryptogenic stroke at Nottingham which is now a regional service.
Dr Krishnan is a group chair for developing national guidelines for stroke and part
Within the independent sector, Dr Fleming provides neuropsychological
assessment and rehabilitation to adults with a range of complex physical and
neurological disabilities, including within the context of medico-legal matters. Dr
Fleming is regularly instructed in Civil cases, including both personal injury and
clinical negligence cases, and in Criminal court cases, he also regularly
completes mental capacity assessments related to a wide range of decisions. Dr
Fleming also supervises candidates undertaking the BPS Qualification in Clinical
Neuropsychology (QICN). He has undertaken specialist expert witness training
obtaining the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate.
of an international consortium which developed guidelines for HRT in stroke,
thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy for pregnancy and peuperium for the
European Stroke Organisation.
Dr Krishnan is now a chief investigator of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
in acute intracerebral haemorrhage (awarded by the NIHR RfPB) and principal/site
investigator for eight other clinical trials. He has published widely in national and
international journals (including the Lancet) and regularly peer-review publications
submitted to various journals. He is an invited and elected member of various
national and international committees.
Dr Fleming has authored articles on acquired brain injuries
Contact: Kailash Krishnan
Tel: 0115 924 9924 - Mobile: 07771 542 937
Contact Details: Dr Pete Fleming
Tel: 07717 842874
Email: drpetefleming@gmail.com | Address: Regus, York
Areas covered: North Yorkshire, North of England and Nationwide
(Subject to travel expenditure)
Email: kailashkrishnan@doctors.org.uk
Address: Lincoln Lodge, Bridegate Lane, Hickling Pastures,
Melton Mowbray, LE14 3QA
Area of work: Nottingham and nationwide
Dr David Nathaniel-James
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
& Registered Clinical Psychologist
BA, MSc, PhD, DClinPsy, CPsychol, CSci, AFBPsS
Specialising in the assessment and treatment of neurocognitive,
behavioural and emotional changes resulting from traumatic brain injury,
neurological disease, learning disability and psychiatric illness.
I hold a doctorate in Neuropsychology and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I am on
the British Psychological Society's Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. I have
extensive experience in neuropsychological assessment and treatment.
I have been preparing expert witness reports since 1999. On average I prepare 65 medico-legal reports a year
which includes people who have suffered a brain injury arising from a road traffic accident, medical negligence, or
an industrial accident. Additionally, I have provided reports for employment tribunals and in high profile cases. I am
regularly instructed by major firms of solicitors representing Claimants and Defendants.
Consulting rooms in Harley St. London
Contact
Telephone: 020 7467 8476 | Mobile: 07930 608 158
Email: dnjdrdr@gmail.com - FAX: 020 7467 8300
10 Harley Street, London, W1G 9PF
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