Legal Professionals

As a resource for professionals within the legal system, we have compiled a list of professionals working within the judicial system who have experience of deaf people either through their knowledge of British Sign Language (BSL), by virtue of having attended Deaf Awareness Courses or through previous experience.
If you would like to be included on this list, please contact us.

Barristers:

Type Name Address Tel No. Experience
Criminal Edith Norrman Furnival Chambers, 32 Furnival Street, London EC4 0207 405 3232 Qualified BSL Interpreter
Criminal Kathryn Hirst Furnival Chambers, 32 Furnival Street, London EC4 0207 405 3232 BSL Stage 1 Deaf Awareness qualification
Criminal Julie-Ann Kincade Chambers of Richard Ferguson QC, 2-4 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0AA 0207 797 7111 BSL Stage 1
Criminal Michael Mather-Lees 30 Park Place, Cardiff 02920 398421 Undertaken numerous deaf related cases and therefore has understanding of communication issues
Family Alicia Collinson Harcourt Chambers, 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London, EC4Y 9DB (and Oxford) 0207 353 6961 Undertaken numerous deaf related cases therefore has understanding of communication issues
Family Stephen Twist York Chambers, 14 Toft Green, York, YO1 6JT 01904 620048 BSL Stage 2

Solicitors:

Criminal Leslie Cuthbert McCormacks Solicitors, 74-76 Town Square, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1DT 01268 525999 BSL Stage 1 Part-completed BSL Stage 2
Criminal Mark Rigby Purcell Parker, 204 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6QB 0121 236 9781 No qualifications but has an interest in deaf clients
Criminal Sukhdev Garcha Carvers Solicitors, 170 Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2HB 0121 784 8484 No qualifications but has an interest in deaf clients
Civil Samantha Peel Wards Solicitors, Hynam Court, 20 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol, BS16 5EL Residential conveyancing and remortgages

Police:

DC Karen Reid Derbyshire Constabulary 01332 613135 BSL Stage 2 Involved in Derbyshire Constabulary's 'Deaf People in Custody' video
Contact for Police Link Officers for the Deaf in Hertfordshire Constabulary. DC Beccy Driscoll Hertfordshire Constabulary 01707 638 453 BSL Stage 2, studying Stage 3, Communication Tactics, Deaf Awareness, Deaf Community & Culture trained. Qualified/registered tutor (CACDP). Experience in Achieving Best Evidence procedures and cases involving members of the Deaf community.

Expert Witnesses:

Interpreting Gloria Ogborn Sign Solutions, Bordesley Hall, The Holloway, Birmingham, B48 7QA 0845 07700 42 Expert - Interpreting (UK Registered Expert Witness)
Interpreting Sean Nicholson Sign Solutions, Bordesley Hall, The Holloway, Birmingham, B48 7QA 0845 07700 42 Expert - Interpreting (UK Registered Expert Witness)

Psychiatrists:

Deaf Children and families Dr Peter Hindley National Deaf Services, High Trees, Springfield Hospital, Glenburnie Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DJ 0208 682 6925 Working knowledge of BSL Clinical Director Specialist Deaf Child and Families Psychiatrist
Deaf Adults Dr Margaret DeFeu Denmark House, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hosp, Mindlesohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2QZ 0121 678 2005 Working knowledge of BSL Consultant Psychiatrist Specialist with Deaf Adults
Deaf Adults Dr Brendan Monteiro National Centre for Mental Health & Deafness, John Denmark Unit, Bury New Road, Prestwich, M25 3BL 0161 772 3400 Working knowledge of BSL Consultant Psychiatrist Specialist with Deaf Adults
Deaf Adults Dr Jim Appleford Midlands Psychiatrist Partnership, 3 Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2JB 0121 427 3388 Head of Mayflower Unit, Alpha Hospital, Bury. Stage two signing skills.

Clinical Psychologists:

Deaf Adults and Children Dr Sue O'Rourke Dept of Psychology, Rampton Hospital, Retford, Nottingham, DN22 0PD 01777 247312 BSL Stage 3 Expertise -abuse in adults and children, forensic and psychological assessments, (intellectual and neurological
Deaf Adults and Children Chantelle Cayette National Deaf Services, High Trees, Springfield Hospital, Glenburnie Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DJ 0208 682 6925 Working knowledge of BSL Specialist Deaf Child and Families Psychiatrist
Deaf Adults and Children Sally Austen Denmark House, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hosp, Mindlesohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2QZ 0121 678 2005 Working knowledge of BSL Specialist with Deaf Adults

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