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Forensic Foundations
  • For Experts
    • Have you been:
      • Asked to conduct investigations, analysis, assessment or examinations?
      • Asked to collect samples for legal testing?
      • Asked to write a legal report?
      • Asked to give expert evidence?
      Are you apprehensive about:
      • What this involves?
      • Your legal obligations
      • The difference between fact and opinion?
      • Court protocol?
      • How to correctly answer the questions in court?
    • Workshops

          • Forensic Foundations provides one or two day workshops for professionals or organizations whose expertise may be called upon by the legal system.

            Since 2008 we have assisted hundreds of experts with 95% positive feedback.

            Workshops are tailored to the needs and experience of the participants – no two workshops are identical.

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          • Some of the workshops we conduct are:

            Legal awareness training

            From Collection to Court

            Withstanding Legal Scrutiny

            Expert witness training

            Advanced Court Skills

            Discipline specific training

    • Seminars

          • Seminars differ from workshops in that they are shorter in duration and are less interactive – although questions are encouraged.

            Seminars and speakers can be arranged for any group on topics including:

            • The interface of science and law;
            • Quality management;
            • The Australian legal system; or
            • Expert evidence.

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    • One on one training

          • Forensic Foundations offers individual training for experts called to give evidence. This training will not cover case specific issues but will cover the general issues and concerns experience by those about to give evidence.

            Whilst there is a common law prohibition against coaching or training of witnesses, here is an exception (found in MOMODOU, Henry; LIMANI, Beher [2005] EWCA Crim 177 at 62)

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  • For Lawyers
      • Do you examine or cross-examine experts?
      • Are you across the subject matter?
      • Do you know what you need to ask?
      • Do you need an expert to review another expert's findings?
        • 'Examining and cross examining expert witnesses is something that as advocates many of us dread or dreaded' Hon Mrs Justice Heather Hallet DBE
    • Workshops

          • Forensic Foundations provides one or two day workshops for legal practitioners.

            Since 2008 we have assisted many lawyers with 95% positive feedback.

            Workshops are tailored to the needs and experience of the participants – no two workshops are identical.

          • Some of the workshops we conduct are:

            DNA for Legal Practitioners

            Forensic Biology for Legal Practitioners

            Bayesian Reasoning and Statistics

            Quality Management and the Law

    • Seminars

          • Seminars differ from workshops in that they are shorter in duration and are less interactive – although questions are encouraged.

            Seminars and speakers can be arranged for any group on topics including:

            • Forensic science generally
            • Sub disciplines of forensic science e.g. DNA, Fingerprints, Crime scene examination
            • The interface of science and law
            • Application of statistics to forensic science
            • Quality management

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    • Case Review / Consultancy

          • Forensic Foundations can provide advice or a consultancy service including case review with respect to DNA testing for both civil and criminal matters.

            We are also able to refer you to experts in other fields.

            Forensic Foundation is cognizant with and abides with the HARMONISED EXPERT WITNESS CODE OF CONDUCT including the General Duties to the Court

            An expert witness is not an advocate for a party and has a paramount duty, overriding any duty to the party to the proceedings or other person retaining the expert witness, to assist the Court impartially on matters relevant to the area of expertise of the witness.

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    • Management of Expert Witness(es)

          • You use experts  because of their expertise in a particular field. However, they may not be experts in being expert witnesses and all that entails.

            Whilst there is a common law prohibition against coaching or training of witnesses, there is an exception (found in MOMODOU, Henry; LIMANI, Beher [2005] EWCA Crim 177 at 62).

            Forensic Foundations offers individual training /support for experts called to wrote reports and/or give evidence. This training will not cover case specific issues but will cover the general issues and concerns experience by those about to give evidence.

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  • Proficiency Testing
    • Current Proficiency Tests

          • ISO17043 accredited

            Forensic Foundations provides end-to-end forensic proficiency tests encompassing all parts of real casework, rather than the traditional analytical stage only.

            We are currently offering a range of 2019 tests in the subcategories of Document Examination, Chemical Criminalistics and Biology.

            There are a number of other tests in the design stage so bookmark this page for future reference.

            If you have a particular proficiency test or inter-laboratory collaborative test requirement, we may be able to assist you.

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          • Forensic Document Examination

            Forensic Biology

            Chemical Criminalistics

            Inter-Lab collaborative Study (Chem Crim)

            Suggestions for additional Proficiency Tests

    • Training kits

          • When you purchase a ‘Training Kit’, you will receive the test samples, associated paperwork and the manufacturer’s information.

            This test has no external review and can be used for training purposes.

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          • Forensic Document Examination

            Forensic Biology

            Chemical Criminalistics

            Inter-Lab collaborative Study (Chem Crim)

    • Additional Tests

          • Additional tests are bought in conjunction with a Proficiency test. Each additional test will receive a unique test identifier and the relevant paperwork.

            The test will be undertaken using the proficiency test samples (assuming the original testing is non-destructive) and the results will be submitted for review and inclusion in the final report.

            The final report including manufacturer’s information can be provided for each test if requested.

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          • Forensic Document Examination

            Forensic Biology

            Chemical Criminalistics

            Inter-Lab collaborative Study (Chem Crim)

    • Completed Proficiency Tests

          • Once a proficiency test has been completed and the final report has been distributed to the participants, the report will be uploaded.

            As the Forensic Foundations’ Proficiency Testing has only been recently developed, a sample report, for demonstration purposes has been uploaded
            here

            Sample Report

          • Forensic Biology

            Chemical Criminalistics

  • Online Tutorials
    • A tutorial is a method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process – it is more interactive and specific than a book or a lecture. tutes@forensicfoundations are online, informative and current
    • Provision of Expert Evidence

          • tutes@forensicfoundations

             

            You may be exploring this series of tutes because you: 

            • have been asked to provide a legal opinion or write a legal report;
            • you are thinking of entering this arena; or 
            • your routine work may, at some stage, become involved with some legal action.

            These tutes are designed so that you can move through them in a logical sequence at your own pace. Each tute comprises of a number of modules followed by a short quiz.

          • Provision of Expert Evidence

            The Australian Legal system and an Introduction to Evidence

            Writing the report

            Giving evidence in Court

    • Coming Soon

          • Coming soon. We are the process of producing:

            Statistics for Forensic Science

            Forensic DNA Profiling

          • Statistics for Forensic Science

            Forensic DNA Profiling

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