21/02/08 (UK): Wright Guilty - Jury Accepts 'Prolonged Contact' The jury in the Suffolk murder trial have found Steve Wright guilty of murder. They had earlier been told by a forensic scientist hat he was likely to have had 'prolonged physical contact' with three of his alleged victims.

19/02/08 (UK): Expert Attends E.Coli Inquiry When an E.coli outbreak occurred in Bridgend, South Wales, in September 2005, health inspectors had already attended the suspect premises and given it a clean bill of health. The subsequent outbreak led to a flurry of infections within the local community, causing severe illness in at least 150 people and killing five-year-old Mason Jones.

11/02/08 (US) Military Tribunals To Be Tested In Terror Trials The Pentagon has announced that six Guantanamo detainees are to be tried by a Military Commission for their alleged roles in the 9/11 attacks. Previous attempts at introducing the system have failed after the Government tried to bring two cases last summer but was thwarted by Congress and the Supreme Court.

04/02/08 (UK): How To Improve Your Advocacy Piece by Jim Sturman QC in the Times Online that gives some sensible advice to budding advocates - some useful tips for experts too.

29/01/08 (CAN): Canadian Expert Was 'Self-Taught' Pathologist An experienced expert witness has admitted that he was self-taught in Paediatric Forensics and Pathology. Dr Charles Smith, who is medically qualified, became a leading light in his field in Canada where his testimony has led to a number of wrongful convictions.

28/01/08 (UK): Low Copy DNA - The Debate Rumbles On An appeal judge has ordered an independent review of forensic evidence used to convict an alleged murderer in Northern Ireland.

26/01/08 (UK): Four Year Old Gives Evidence As Experts Disagree Faisal Younas, 35, was convicted after a Scottish jury found him guilty of shaking his seven-month-old daughter Alishba to death. During the case, experts on both sides gave conflicting evidence, but the evidence of a four year old boy proved crucial.