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Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
A protocol on the use of casework material for validation purposes.
Provides further explanation of some of the requirements of the codes related to speech and audio analysis.
The regulator’s DNA specialist group has produced allele frequency databases and reporting guidance for DNA profiling.
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
Report setting out the results of a review by the FSR of the performance of Bedfordshire Police and Key Forensic Services.
Guidance on legal obligations for expert witnesses and those involved in forensic pathology investigations.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
Rupert Shute to act as Interim Forensic Science Regulator.
Guidance on identifiying areas for prioritising research into fingerprint examination.
Code of practice produced by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences' Forensic Gait Analysis Working Group in collaboration with the College of Podiatry.
Comments are being sought on the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases.
The Forensic Science Regulator seeks views on the draft code of practice developed with the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) of Great Britain and Ireland.
Forensic Science Regulator Dr Gillian Tully has called on all parts of the criminal justice system to make sure standards in forensic science are met.
The Forensic Science Regulator publishes lessons that can be learnt from quality failings.
Summary of Fingerprint Quality Standards Specialist Group workshop held in October 2021.
Forensic Science Regulator newsletters cover issues of interest and relevance to forensic science practitioners.
FSR Regulatory Notice 02/2020.
A call for specialist views on the "Forensic medical examination standard for adult and child sexual assault complainants".
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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