EXPERT WATCH 74: “HE EFFECTIVELY ASSUMED AN IMPERMISSIBLE ROLE PROMOTING A PROSECUTION CASE”: EXPERT AND PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT LEAD TO CONVICTIONS BEING QUASHED

EXPERT WATCH 74: “HE EFFECTIVELY ASSUMED AN IMPERMISSIBLE ROLE PROMOTING A PROSECUTION CASE”: EXPERT AND PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT LEAD TO CONVICTIONS BEING QUASHED

We are in unusual territory here in looking at a Criminal Appeal Case from Northern Ireland. However, the  importance of the role of the expert knows no real geographical or jurisdictional limit, and the issues raised here are of major…