by Mark Tottenham BL | Jul 1, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence
In the recent case of Hughes v Pritchard [2021] EWHC 1580, the judge found that a testator had lacked testamentary capacity notwithstanding expert evidence to the contrary. The testator had a history consistent with dementia, including lapses of memory and behavioural...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Jun 22, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence
In this 1998 case -R. v. Patrick Nicholls [1998] EWCA Crim 1918 – a man was convicted of murder and robbery, and served 23 years in prison before having his conviction overturned. A pathologist suggested that the deceased had been suffocated and suffered heart...
by Mark Tottenham BL | May 6, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence
In a recent case, the Ontario Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from the conviction of a man for firebombing his ex-wife’s house. Messages sent on various apps had not been subjected to examination to see whether they could have been sent to ‘frame’...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Feb 1, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence, Tribunals, inquiries and parliamentary hearings
The cricketing body, the MCC, is to offer evidence to retain the ‘bouncer’ in cricket, as it would otherwise become a batsman-friendly game, it has been reported by the Daily Mail (who operate under the basis that its readers will understand what all of...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Feb 1, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence
A Chicago court has dismissed an appeal from a drugs conviction where a police officer gave evidence of the language of meth dealing, and ‘translated’ a number of text messages: “Some exchanges were not particular difficult to decipher while others...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Jan 12, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence
The Supreme Court of India has set aside the conviction of two persons, including one who had been sentenced to death, following a challenge to the fingerprint evidence. Not only was there a doubt over the reliability of the evidence, but even if it had been reliable,...