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This consultation seeks your views on whether new powers should be given to the Forensic Science Regulator.
The Home Office has today (14 November) announced the reappointment of Dr Gillian Tully as Forensic Science Regulator.
A complaint was made to the regulator about the performance of LGC Forensics in a murder case. This is the regulator's report on the case.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Notification on the the Forensic Science Regulator's lessons learnt review on quality failure in s5A drugs driving analysis.
Protocol for forensic science providers and practitioners covers the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases.
Answers to questions raised by delegates at the 2023 Forensic Science Regulator conference.
How can the courts support effective case by case scrutiny of scientific evidence?
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Forensic Science Regulator newsletters cover issues of interest and relevance to forensic science practitioners.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering video analysis.
Guidance on legal obligations for expert witnesses and those involved in forensic pathology investigations.
Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Dr Gillian Tully has been honoured with a CBE for her services to forensic science.
A lack of funding to improve forensic science is jeopardising the integrity of the criminal justice system, a new report warns today (6 January 2016).
Guidance on the obligations placed on expert witnesses in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
The fingerprint parallel session 1 covered the fingermark enhancement manual that launched in January 2014.
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