This FORREST, and others, have considered the necessity for creating better communication between scientists and lawyers. This presentation will consider, using examples from casework, what scientists don’t understand about the law, what the law doesn’t understand about science, and maybe touch on what some scientists don’t appear to understand about science.
Professor Jamieson is the Director of The Forensic Institute, Glasgow and Visiting Professor of Forensic Science at Staffordshire University. He is an internationally recognised expert in criminal cases having provided evidence and advice in over 1000 cases including high profile cases such as the Omagh Bomb trial of Sean Hoey, the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and cases at the Court of Criminal Appeal including RvT, RvOtway, and R v Reed & Anor. He is Co-Editor in Chief of the 6-volume Wiley’s Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences. He is the founder of The Forensic Institute Research Network and FORREST.