Expert Witness

Special Measures And Advocates For Vulnerable And Intimidated Witnesses (VIWs) In Court Who are VIW’s in court? In recent decades, a wealth of research has examined the treatment of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses in the criminal court, with an increasing emphasis on the explicit guidance towards implementing a fair and impartial trial. Whilst the search …

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The Ongoing Fitness To Plead Debate Fitness To Plead Overview The debate surrounding the ‘fitness to plead’ remains largely one of the most controversial and highly scrutinised issues within the criminal justice system to date. Originating from early concepts of crime and punishment derived from Aristotelian principles in the 4th century BC, a variety of …

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