20/05/08 (UK): Low Copy DNA Expert To Testify in Falconio Appeal? A British scientist could be called to give crucial evidence in the case of a man convicted of killing a British holidaymaker in Australia.

13/05/08 UK): Just How Expert Are The Expert Witnesses? Link to an excellent Guardian piece that questions the quality and impartiality of some 'terrorologists'. Click here.

8/05/08 (UK): Expert Witness - Achilles Heel Link to 'Accountancy Age' article highlighting that experts' immunity is no longer certain. Click here.

7/05/08 (CAN): Risk of Death From Taser is Low Says Expert The risk of injury or death from the use of Tasers is low, an expert witness has testified at a public inquiry ordered after the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.

1/5/08 (UK): Open University Offers Computer Forensics Course Fears of corporate espionage, malicious staff and disputed trade deals has led to the Open University's first course on computer forensics to be heavily oversubscribed.

30/04/08 (US): Guantanamo Tribunals 'Tainted' Says Ex-Prosecutor Political pressure and evidence obtained through the abuse of prisoners has undermined the Guantanamo "war on terror" tribunals, their former chief prosecutor testified, US media reported.

24/04/08 (US): Experts Unfairly Barred Say Defence In DC Sniper Case Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was regularly whipped with hose pipes and electrical cords and beaten with hammers and sticks by family members during a brutal childhood, according to lawyers trying to save him from the death penalty.

24/04/08 (UK): Listed Building 'Dangerous' Says Expert Witness Derby Hippodrome is an unstable building that poses a potentially deadly danger to the public and builders contracted to carry out works on it, London's High Court was told.