Exploring Expert Evidence in Criminal Trials - Modular Webinar Series

Introduction

This three-part webinar series will analyse the role of expert evidence in criminal trials.

When handling expert evidence, unless you fully understand the true basis on which the evidence is offered, vital challenges to the expert witness may be missed and the jury can become confused as to the real weight of such evidence.

What You Will Learn

This modular webinar series will cover the following:

Module 1 - Scientific Expert Evidence

• Objective Opinion
• How to cross examine
• Criminal Procedure Rules
• Approaches to disclosure
• Challenging admissibility of expert evidence
• Novel evidence
• Case studies

Module 2 - Police as Expert Witnesses

• Police as prosecution witnesses
• Tactics for the Defence
• Disclosure
• Cross examination
• Civilian Police employees as witnesses
• How to handle ‘public interest immunity’
• Case studies

Module 3 - Instructing an Expert

• Instructing an expert at pre-trial and during trial
• Application of Criminal Procedure Rules
• Age related evidence, such as that given by counsellors
• Assessing appeal issues
• Case Studies

This webinar was recorded on 20th December 2021