Dr Annabel Broyd is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Expert Witness specialising in adult neuropsychology within civil litigation. She is instructed in personal injury, clinical negligence and capacity matters, acting for both claimant and defendant.

Her expert opinions are grounded in detailed clinical interview and collateral information, formal psychometric assessment (including symptom validity testing), and the careful synthesis and interpretation of complex clinical, psychometric, behavioural and documentary evidence.

Expert Witness Experience

• Personal injury and clinical negligence claims

• Traumatic and acquired brain injury

• Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury

• Psychological trauma in the context of neurological injury

• Mental capacity (litigation, property and affairs, health and welfare)

Dr Broyd’s reports are written with clarity, proportionality, and a clear understanding of the requirements of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Qualifications & Accreditation

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, DClinPsy

• Postgraduate Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN), with Distinction

• Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN)

• Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society

• HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

• Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Witness Certificate

Earlier Academic Qualifications

• MSc Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, with Distinction

• BSc Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol

Clinical Background

Dr Broyd has over twelve years’ experience working within specialist NHS and private healthcare settings, including nationally recognised services such as the Brain Injury Clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. She has held senior clinical roles within specialist neurorehabilitation services.

Selected Academic Publications

Broyd, A., Woodward, T., Balzan, R. & Allen, P. (2017). Dopamine, cognitive biases and assessment of certainty: A neurocognitive model of delusions. Clinical Psychology Review, 54, 96–106.

Broyd, A., Longinotti, C. & Mobley, A. (2021). Multiple Sclerosis. In Simpson, J., Eccles, F. & Zarotti, N. (Eds.), Psychological interventions for people with Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, and multiple sclerosis. British Psychological Society.

Broyd, A., Ettinger, U. & Thoma, V. (2019). Intuitive and deliberative thinking processes in schizotypy. Judgment and Decision Making, 14(1), 80–90.

Location & Instructions

Based in London.

Instructions are accepted from solicitors and agencies across the UK.