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WELCOMEThe Forensic Institute provides specialist forensic scientific and medical expert witness services, and training in civil or criminal investigations and legal proceedings. In addition to our core scientific staff based in Glasgow, an extensive network of experts and expert witnesses provide the continually expanding knowledge upon which The Institute is founded. Our aims are to;
From our challenges to the use of the Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA technique in the Omagh Bomb trial [R v Hoey] to successful shaken baby cases, we believe that the purpose of the defence expert is to identify any credible challenge to the evidence of the Crown. Professor Allan Jamieson, one of our DNA experts, was instrumental in the challenges to the use of the LCN DNA technique in the Omagh Bomb trial [R v Hoey] and in the English Appeal Court case of Reed. He has consistently challenged the abuse of the technique in Court. Professor Jamieson is also the Co-editor in Chief of Wileys Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences - a five volume work.
"This encyclopaedia is astounding, running to 3,100 pages with over 250 contributors, and leaves, appropriately, no stone unturned or lacking in forensic examination. ... This is a hugely valuable and worthwhile contribution to any civil or criminal practitioner’s library."*
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Latest NewsLetter to Nature from TFI on regulation of forensic science in UK>> ("a fresh, deeper and wider look at the use of low-template DNA techniques, particularly in casework, is overdue") Response from the Forensic Regulator>> Reforms planned for problems in DNA evidence? (April 2010) >> ("There has been a groundswell of concern among academics and criminal lawyers about the quality of DNA evidence.") LCN controversy continues (March 2010) » ("It is a disappointment that tools to enable better interpretation have not kept pace with developments in forensic science over the past ten years") TFI response to the Law Commission on Expert Evidence (pdf) >> |
Training & Events6th FORREST conference organised by Coventry University » Other conferences and events » Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences » London & South East FIRN Regional Student Conference 2010 report >> |
Research & DevelopmentNew SWGDAM DNA interpretation guidelines published>> Concerns continue on the lack of science in forensic science (pdf) (March 2009) >> Paper on the NAS report and UKLC Consultation >> The Forensic Institute Research Network (FIRN) » |
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