CPR Part 19
Definition
Criminal Procedure Rules Part 19 (England and Wales): the procedural framework governing expert evidence in criminal proceedings, requiring disclosure of methodology, range of opinion, and imposing an overriding duty to the court on the expert.
Related terms
- ASTM E30
- The ASTM International Committee on Forensic Sciences, which maintains standards including E2388 (minimum training requirements for document examiners) and E2520 (examination of...
- Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (BSA)
- India's current evidence statute, which replaced the Indian Evidence Act 1872. Section 63 of the BSA governs electronic records and requires a...
- Daubert Standard
- The US federal evidentiary standard (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993) requiring that expert testimony be based on scientifically valid methods with...
- eIDAS
- EU Regulation 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services: establishes legal recognition for qualified electronic signatures and electronic documents across EU member...
- ENFSI EDEWG
- European Network of Forensic Science Institutes, European Document Examiners Working Group: the EU-level body coordinating document examination standards, proficiency tests, and the...
- Frye Standard
- The US legal test for admissibility of scientific evidence, originating from Frye v. United States (1923), which required that a technique be...
- ISO/IEC 17025
- The international standard for testing and calibration laboratories, published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission. It...
- Likelihood Ratio (LR)
- The ratio of two conditional probabilities: the probability of the observed evidence given the prosecution's hypothesis (same source), divided by the probability...
- OSAC Documents Subcommittee
- The NIST-hosted body within the Organization of Scientific Area Committees that develops and maintains evidence-based practice standards for forensic document examination in...
- PCAST 2016
- President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2016 report 'Forensic Science in Criminal Courts', which assessed foundational validity of forensic disciplines...
- SWGDOC
- The Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination (US), which publishes standards for typewriter examination, handwriting comparison, ink analysis, and related forensic...
Explained in
- Standards, Accreditation and Admissibility in QDECriminal Procedure Rules Part 19 (England and Wales): the procedural framework governing expert evidence in criminal proceedings, requiring disclosure of metho...