In this article, Alan Baker of Bericon Forensics, presents his views on the significant changes in the forensic science marketplace in England and Wales. Baker questions whether privatisation has worked for criminal justice.
Section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 2015 was introduced to address the challenges of prosecuting drug driving cases that often failed under the previous legislation. In this presentation, Alan Baker from Bericon explores the key differences between drink driving and drug driving offenses, highlighting the processes of blood sample collection and analysis. He also discusses the potential impact of the Synlab data scandal on forensic evidence and future prosecutions.
This article reviews the enforcement of the Novel Food (England) Regulations 2018, highlighting local authorities’ roles in regulating novel foods like SARNS and cannabis-based products. The enforcement involves three key approaches: seizure and condemnation, civil sanctions and criminal penalties.
This article, written by Allison Summers KC, discusses the complexities and legal challenges in defending cases involving parasomnias, such as sleepwalking and sexsomnia, where the defendant claims to have committed acts involuntarily while asleep.
Bericon Forensics are proud to launch their new series of guides for solicitors called Evidence Essentials.
Each guide has been written by a forensic expert with many years of experience in the criminal justice system and the presentation of forensic evidence. These guides will serve as up-to-the-minute references for anyone involved in criminal defence work.
The first in the series is all about DNA evidence and will be followed next month by a guide to Drug Driving.
A defendant charged with drug driving was found not guilty after an analysis by Bericon Forensics. The analysis showed the defendant’s THC levels were slightly above the legal limit. However, the expert suggested that the THC level could have dropped below the limit within a few hours due to the defendant’s regular cannabis use. This uncertainty contributed to the not guilty verdict.
Although the world appears to be more inclusive now than ever before, figures show that the LGBT+ community still suffers from terrible hate crimes and abuse.
In his latest post, family law blogger John Bolch examines whether a strike could be a distinct possibility if the supply of goodwill runs out as legal colleagues continue to face extreme pressures with cases and courts.
It is often said that the absence of evidence does not equate to evidence of absence, and whilst this might be true in many situations – for example, the absence of blood on the clothing of an alleged assailant might be because he did not commit the offence or alternatively because the complainant was not […]
Nick Wallis has written what feels like the most important book I have ever read. “The Great Post Office Scandal” begins with a short foreword by Seema Misra, a victim of the scandal and the former subpostmaster for West Byfleet. It is hard to imagine anything more gently suburban, but in just six short paragraphs, […]
Smartphones are a part of everyday life, and they can tell investigators a lot about the actions of both suspects and victims, leading up to the event being investigated. Simply having the details of an individual in the contact list may be enough to disprove the claim that “I never knew them”, and having the […]
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