Expert Witness Journal Issue 63 October 2025 - Flipbook - Page 84
Conclusion
Dr Srikanth Nimmagadda
This decision is a timely reminder that the privilege
attached to settlement negotiations is robust but
not unbreakable. Where correspondence is used
to exert improper pressure - whether overtly or by
implication - the courts will not hesitate to lift the
veil of privilege.
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist & Professor
of Psychological Medicine
MBBS, FRCPsych, DPM (Ire), MMedSc, MFFLM, LLM (Mental Health Law),
MA in Medical Ethics and Law, MIIOPM, CUEW, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist on the
General Medical Council Specialist Register.
Dr Srikanth Nimmagadda’s areas of special interest and expertise
Reference
include Mentally Disordered Offenders in various Psychiatric and
Custodial settings, PTSD, Affective Disorders, Mental Health Law,
[1] [2025] IEHC 474
https://www2.courts.ie/view/judgments/f69a49177471-491a-8f18-6476b49ac5b7/d34a3ba8-77cf-4dc0-9c1707354f108356/2025_IEHC_474.pdf/pdf
Medical Ethics, Health Care Law and Addictions Psychiatry.
Dr Nimmagadda is able to prepare medico legal reports for Criminal
cases, Civil cases, Child & Family cases, MHTs, Immigration and
Asylum seeker cases, Parole Board Cases, Employment Tribunals
and Capacity Assessments.
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Home Visits, Prisons and Solicitors offices. He is prepared to travel
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