The pace of scientific and technological discovery is rapidly increasing and this has significant implications for how the justice system receives and evaluates scientific evidence.
Join the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Law for their annual joint symposium, where an expert panel of scientists and legal professionals will discuss the evolution of how evidence is dealt with in the courts, and specific cases that illustrate the interface between science and justice.
The academies are delighted to welcome two international guests to the Shine Dome for this event: Professor Michael Toft Overgaard and Professor Mette Nyegaard from Aalborg University in Denmark, who were among the authors of a scientific article that partially led to the second inquiry into the wrongful convictions of Kathleen Folbigg. They will share their experience bringing cutting edge scientific discovery to the inquiry, which led to Folbigg’s exoneration.
They will be joined by The Hon Chief Justice Lucy McCallum FAAL (Chair), and Kirsten Edwards SC, who has a national practice in coronial inquests and teaches on evidence and ethics at UNSW’s School of Law, while Former Chief Scientist of Australia Professor Ian Chubb AC FAA FTSE and expert evidence specialist Dr Ian Freckelton AO KC FAAL FAHMS FASSA will examine the evolution of scientific discovery and evidence.
For more information please visit the event page.
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