Public Inquiry Recommendations

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Key themes in this inquiry: Clinical negligence harms learning .
Report published 2011 — 9 recommendations across this inquiry.
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FP1 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Fingerprint evidence as opinion
Fingerprint evidence should be recognised as opinion evidence, not fact, and those involved in the criminal justice system need to assess it as such on its merits.
FP3 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Discontinue certainty claims
Examiners should discontinue reporting conclusions on identification or exclusion with a claim to 100% certainty or on any other basis suggesting that fingerprint evidence is infallible.
FP5 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Basis of conclusions
Experts should list all variables considered and state whether the conclusion has been reached through training and personal experience or on any other basis such as statistical analysis.
FP9 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Features demonstrable to lay persons
Features on which examiners rely should be demonstrable to a lay person with normal eye sight as observable in the mark.
FP16-18 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Academic study requirement
Expert opinion should be informed by proper academic study of the subject.
FP53 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Note-taking general practice
Note-taking as to the detail found on analysis and the process of comparison, though not mandatory, should become the general practice for all fingerprint comparison work.
FP60 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Disclosure of opinion basis - recording
Experts should record and properly disclose all of the basis of their opinion to enable a court to understand it and the defence to assess it.
FP66 Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Unable to exclude findings
Before a finding of 'unable to exclude' is led in evidence, careful consideration will require to be given to (a) the types of mark for which such a finding is …
FP-COMPLEX Accepted
Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)
Complex marks examination
The SPSA should develop a process to ensure that complex marks (such as Y7 and QI2 Ross) are treated differently. The examination should be undertaken by three suitably qualified examiners …