Day: June 15, 2025
Questions raised about potential miscarriages of justice after use of such experts criticised in Lucy Letby and Post Office Horizon cases
A lack of regulation over the use of expert witnesses in English courts could be leading to miscarriages of justice, senior politicians, lawyers and doctors have said.
The former attorney general Dominic Grieve and the former justice secretary Jack Straw were among those to tell the Guardian that criminal and civil trials were sometimes hanging on evidence by self-appointed “experts” who could lack relevant knowledge.
Solicitors and legal teams choose experts who can explain complex issues to judges or jury
Senior politicians, lawyers and doctors have warned that a lack of regulation over the use of expert witnesses in English courts could be leading to miscarriages of justice. But what is an expert witness and who gets to be one?
Miccosukee Tribe partners with Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation to safeguard lands as part of ‘moral obligation’
Almost two centuries ago, Native American tribe members sought the protection of Florida’s Everglades during the Seminole wars as they hid from government forces seeking to banish them to Indian territories that later became Oklahoma.
Now, as the Trump administration continues its wholesale slashing of federal funding from conservation projects, the Miccosukee Tribe is stepping up to fulfill what it sees as a “moral obligation” to return the favor.
