ECON-1006EL Quiz: What did the Law Commission Found
27 Oct 2020
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What did the law commission found: general adopted laissez-faire attitude to the admissibility of expert evidence: There is a relaxed attitude to experts: problem is aggravated in two ways, there are technical and complicated issues where the jury will lack understanding to evaluate it (because they don"t have your training) Lack of understanding should we be having jurors with different qualifications: lawyers do not know how to cross-examine effectively fail to expose all errors. This can be done if they ask the right questions. Theres a lack of robust assessment: criminal bar association: Juries trust experts (rightly or wrongly: associate prof william o"brian (uni of warwick) Compares against the discussion of science of dna evidence in criminal trials reed [2009] ewca crim 2698. Forensic science is every area of science, is dubious science (i. e. there are errors!: dr glyn walters (rtd consultant chemical pathologist): Scientists are coming up with speculative ideas.
