Forensic science
Q. What have the cases of Clark and Cannings taught us about the use of science and experts in criminal trials?

The Frye Daubert debate

Frye, Daubert and Admissibility of Scientific Evidence File (advanced)
Andrew Roberts 2008 – Drawing on Expertise File (advanced)

Robertson-Vignaux – Interpreting Evidence File (advanced)

Susan Haack – Whats Wrong with Litigation-Driven Science File (advanced)

Law Commission report – Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings 2011

Law Commission Consultation Document – The Admissiblity of Expert Evidence

training law students in science File (advanced)
Who are the Experts?

Who are the Experts? – seminar preparation information File (advanced)

duties of the expert – Harris File (advanced)

David Ormerod 2008 lecture on Expert Evidence Link

Expert testimony in the dock – Wilson File (advanced)

Fingerprints never Lie File (advanced)

archbold – are experts fit for purpose 2007 File (advanced)

legal remedies for negligent experts 2008 File (advanced)

forensic science in dock 2005 comment on ctte File (advanced)

Law Commission Report – Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings 2011

FSS precis of Law Commission Report on Expert Evidence 2011

What future for expert witnesses – bbc news item 2005 following Professor Meadows GMC hearing

Experts and miscarriages of justice – 2007 paper given by Edward Henry (Hollis Whiteman)

Guardian article- 2007 – on discredited medical expert David Southall

Australian Law Commission ideas on the problems and possible solutions for experts – 1999

Forensic ScienceOrder Description
As a crime scene investigator you have been called to a fire in a ground floor bed-sit which appears to have been extinguished in a radiation flashover. The fire was confined to the room of origin. The room door was closed and intact upon your arrival. Explain, with your own diagram of the bed-sit and its contents, in 750 words, how you would proceed to confirm from the damage in the bed-sit that the fire was started with a petrol bomb in a glass container which fractured upon impact, dropped through an open sash window, which was then closed.

You should include evidence of wider reading, in addition to the workbooks, in the form of peer-reviewed references from appropriate books or journals. These should be cited at appropriate points within the text, and listed in a reference list at the end of the document.