Professor Denise Syndercombe Court

Expertise
DNA and blood pattern analysis for criminal justice DNA statistical analysis of complex mixtures DNA analysis for civil matters (immigration and complex relationships)

Qualifications

• MRSB CBiol FIMBS CSci DMedT MCSFS PhD

Membership details of professional bodies

• Member of the Royal Society of Biology
• Fellow of the Institute of Biological and Medical Sciences
• Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
• Member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
• Member of the British Academy for Forensic Sciences
• Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
• Member of the Biochemical Society
• Diploma in Forensic Statistics
• Accredited Expert Witness (Cardiff University)
• Member of the International Society of Blood Pattern Analysts
• Affiliate member of the Royal College of Physicians Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Case history and/or statistics

• Over 500 expert reports prepared in relation to criminal cases as a result of instruction by the defence, and occasionally by the prosecution
• Advice and attendance in court to give expert evidence in a large number of cases

General Background

• Recognised Teacher, University of London, 1993 – date
• Blood Tester to the Lord Chancellor, 1993 – 2005
• Director of laboratory accredited to ISO17025 and appointed by the Ministry of Justice for relationship testing 2007 to date
• Consultant in Evidence Based Medicine to National Training and Research Appraisal Group, 1994 to date
• European DNA Profiling (EDNAP) UK representative, 1998 – date
• Expert witness –criminal haemogenetics, 1999 – date
• Consultant in statistics to VieLife, 2001 – 2006
• Consultant in DNA to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2002
• External examiner: MSc in DNA Profiling – Lancaster University 2003 - 2007
• Inter-collegiate examiner: MSc in Forensic Science, King’s College London 2005 - 2009
• Secretary-General, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, 2006 – date
• Secretary International Society for Forensic Genetics (English Speaking Working Group) 2007 – date
• International Society for Forensic Genetics advisor on DNA to the UK Forensic Regulator 2010 - date
• Member of the Home Office Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group

Laboratory accreditations

• ISO17025 (7850)

Any other details

• Member of European Forensic Genetics Network of Excellence (Euroforgen-NoE)
• Professor of Forensic Genetics, King’s College London
• Editor and author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in the field.