Providing Access to Forensic Science for the Criminal Justice System

Forensic Access provides forensic science and expert witness services to legal professionals. Founded in 1986, our unique fully managed service covers every discipline of forensics. We offer unparalleled services with fast turn around times to meet the needs and demands of our clients.

We provide a free case consultation on all cases. Our casework management team will liaise with experts and scientists to determine what services can help make your case. Whether that’s looking over the reliability of an SFR to challenge it, checking the probability and likelihood is adequate for the context, or ensuring that the evidence is presented in a fair and honest way.

Find out more at https://www.forensic-access.co.uk/

#ForensicWebinar

We provide a range of webinars free to all legal professionals. These webinars feature some of our leading forensic scientists and provide an insight to the many forensic disciplines Forensic Access provide. The content includes information that will be relevant and useful to any legal professional in the UK, including understanding and challenging DNA evidence, issues with SFRs and fragmentation in forensics. We have an upcoming one on CCTV Forensics too.

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Forensic Science Services

Our leading forensic scientists can provide all disciplines of forensics; from standard report reviews, to highly complex forensic science. Our scientists have access to state-of-the-art laboratories, facilities and the best specialist statistical software. The team deal with a variety of cases including cold case reviews, sexual assault cases, homicide crimes and damage expertise. They frequently handle complex cases and international work.

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Articles and News

We produce a large number of articles and news pieces for our clients. These feature in our newsletter but also in The Barrister Magazine and Expert Witness Journal. All of our written content is aimed at providing useful information in the hands of legal professionals. Articles include: Caution with Injury Causation: Is the Injury Truly Consistent with the Mechanism? Solicitors Beware: Unaccredited Experts Used in Firearms Forensics Interview with Forensic Pathologist Stuart Hamilton

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Forensic Case Studies

Forensic Access produce Case Studies showcasing the work of experts, as well as solicitors involved in Forensic Evidence based cases. These are first released to our newsletter subscribers, then feature on our website and social media. Case studies provide valuable insights into aspects of forensic science work that may assist your ongoing casework and existing clients. Our footwear case study demonstrates our experts spotting previously missed evidence, and how valuable routine defence reviews of forensic evidence are.

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