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[2] It is also interesting to note that the (statutory)
MHA Code of Practice uses essentially the same approach as that of Cobb J to interrogate a child’s ability
to make relevant decisions – see the (English) Code at
paragraph 19.36.
Dr Sanya Krljes
MSc PhD DClinPsy AFBPsS
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Dr Sanya Krljes is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience in conducting
complex psychological assessments and providing psycho-legal reports in criminal and civil
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proceedings. Dr Krljes completed a master’s degree in Neuroscience at King’s College London
before obtaining a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychological Medicine,
Imperial College London. She subsequently completed a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at
Author
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon)
Barrister
University College London (UCL). She has a breadth of experience working in various NHS
mental health care settings, including low and medium secure services.
Dr Krljes has provided psycho-legal reports to the Crown Prosecution Service and numerous
solicitor firms and has extensive experience giving evidence at Crown Courts in relation to many
Professor of Practice at the Dickson Poon School of
Law, King’s College London
Visiting Professor at the Geller Institute of Ageing and
Memory, University of West London
Visiting Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry,
Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Research Affiliate, Essex Autonomy Project,
University of Essex
high profile homicide and sexual offence trials. Dr Krljes practices from various consulting rooms
and assesses clients at prisons and solicitors’ offices.
Dr Krljes specialises in the following:
• Neuropsychology assessments (cognitive deficits, intellectual functioning, learning disability,
brain injury, dementia, epilepsy and brain tumours)
• Personality assessments (personality disorders and psychopathy)
• Malingering
• Mental health assessments (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, anxiety, substance
abuse, stress, complex needs and dual diagnosis)
• ADHD
• Risk assessment (arson, sexual and/or violent offending), including highly specialised tools
such as PCL-R, HCR-20, RSVP
Chambers website: www.39essex.com
Personal website:
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• Sexual offending assessments
• Suggestibility & compliance in relation to police interviews
• Mental capacity assessments
• Work related stress
• Occupational injury
• Employment stress
• Fitness for work assessments
• Assessment of capability and unfair dismissal
• Fitness to practice
Email: sanya@londonpsycholegal.com
Area of work Nationwide
Dr Marzio Ascione
Neuropsychologist
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
CPsychol, PsychD
Dr Marzio Ascione has over 20 years of experience assessing and treating a wide
range of psychological and neuropsychological conditions.
Area of work: UK Nationwide and worldwide
Areas of expertise include:
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Mental Capacity Assessments (MCA)
• Cognitive and intellectual functioning, including memory, attention,
and executive functioning
• Malingering assessments
• Fitness to plead
• Fitness to stand trial
• Disposal and pre-sentencing reports
• Anxiety disorders
• Depression
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Dr Danny Allen
Consultant Adult & Addictions Psychiatrist
MB BS LLM MRCGP MFFLM FRCPsych MEWI MAE MIoD
Dr Allen works for Allen Associates, which is a group of
psychiatrists and psychologists dedicated to excellence in
report-writing providing reports on adults for all courts, tribunals
and regulatory bodies. We do undertake some legally aided work.
Dr Ascione also has more than a decade of experience as an Expert Witness,
working with solicitors to provide expert assessments, evidence-based reports,
and court testimony.
Tel: 0870 162 0671
Email: enquiries@allen-associates.com
Website: www.allen-associates.com
Address: Allen Associates, Suffolk House, 54-55 The Green
Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, HP10 0EU
Area of work: United Kingdom
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