More and more frequently, solicitors are taking defence instructions where the prosecution evidence is computer based. It is often the case that a solicitor will engage an expert with only the vaguest notion of what the expert’s instructions should be. I have even, in the past, been asked to help draft my own instructions!
The Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians was inaugurated in 2006 with two main aims:
Attachment theory is very simple: it just describes the outcome of a mother’s and baby’s interactions.
Baby cries; mum acts. It is a perfect relationship for baby – if mum is able to recognise and respond to baby’s needs. This tiny sequence, which is so commonplace that it has become almost unnoticeable, is repeated possibly 10 times a day in the first couple of years of a baby’s life. That adds up to over 7,000 repetitions.
IN THE UNITED Kingdom all serious and fatal road incidents are initially investigated by the police service. Invariably, that is the only agency that fulfils the role of attending and investigating at the time of the incident. For this purpose the police service employs qualified accident investigators – also known as Reconstructionists – who have been specially trained and who have many years experience in dealing with road traffic accidents.
IN THE good old days it was easy to find a forensic accountant for your client. The senior partner of the client’s accountants would fit the bill well. He probably knew the judge, knew the client (or at least knew of the client) and had gravitas.
Often, in the brave new world, you do not even get a free choice, what with protocols and Single Joint Experts.
