Expert Evidence


  12–13 February 2011
   The Australian National University  |  Canberra  |  Australia
 


Papers, powerpoints and audio will be placed on the website as they become available.      Program [with abstracts & bios]
WELCOME
Chief Justice Wayne Martin, Chair of the Council of the National Judicial College of Australia
Professor MICHAEL COPER, Dean, ANU College of Law
SESSION 1: KEYNOTE SPEECH
Mr Jack Rush QC (Vic)
 
SESSION 2: ISSUES IN GATHERING, INTERPRETING, AND DELIVERING DNA EVIDENCE
Issues in Gathering, Interpreting and Delivering DNA Evidence      paper   ppt
Judge Andrew Haesler, District Court NSW    
DNA Evidence: Current issues and future challenges      paper
Ms Wendy Abraham QC, Barrister, Wentworth Chambers     
Recognition and Presentation of Issues with DNA Evidence     ppt
Professor Angela van Daal, Bond University


SESSION 3: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY AND THE CSI EFFECT
Forensic Pathology and the CSI Effect: A forensic pathologist’s experience    ppt
A/Professor David Ranson, Assistant Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine & Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Monash University
The CSI Effect    ppt
Dr James Robertson AM, Professor of Forensics, University of Canberra

Hollywood Profiling: The impact of the CSI Effect on the use of forensic science in New South Wales     paper   ppt
Dr Jenny Wise, Criminologist, University of New England
 
SESSION 4: SCIENCE AND LAW: A CLASH OF CULTURES?
A panel discussion
Panelists
Professor Ian Freckelton SC, Monash University
A/Professor David Ranson, Assistant Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Judge Michael Rackemann, Planning & Environment Court, District Court of Queensland    handout
Dr James Robertson AM, Professor of Forensics, University of Canberra
Justice Peter McClellan, Chief Judge at Common Law, Supreme Court of NSW
Session Facilitator: Mr Hugh Selby, ANU College of Law
 
SESSION 5: THE RELIABILITY OF CCTV AS FORENSIC EVIDENCE
The Reliability of CCTV as Forensic Evidence      paper   ppt
Mr Glenn Porter, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, University of Western Sydney
 
SESSION 6: FORENSIC VOICE COMPARISON & THE PARADIGM SHIFT IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
The New Paradigm in Forensic Science
Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison, Director, Forensic Voice Comparison Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of New South Wales
 
SESSION 7: DIGITAL FORENSICS
Scales of Justice and Cell Phone Evidence    ppt
Professor Reg Coutts, Coutts Communications, Emeritus Professor of Telecommunications, Adelaide University
 
SESSION 8: TRANSCRIPTS AND LINGUISTIC FORENSICS
Transcripts and Linguistic Forensics     more info at Dr Fraser's website
Dr Helen Fraser, Consultant, Cognitive Phonetics
 
SESSION 9: STUDY BEING UNDERTAKEN ON EXPERT EVIDENCE IN AUSTRALIA
The Cool Crucible: Incriminating expert opinion evidence and the criminal trial      paper   ppt
Professor Gary Edmond, Director, Program on Expertise, Evidence & Law, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law, UNSW
hosted by the
NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE OF AUSTRALIA
and
ANU COLLEGE OF LAW

 

Enquiries
E:  expertevidence@njca.anu.edu.au
T:  (02) 6125 6655   or (02) 6125 2906