Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review: Report of the Academic Expert Group

Pamela Ferguson; Fiona Raitt; James Chalmers; Fiona Leverick; Fraser Davidson; Peter Duff; Findlay Stark

Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review: Report of the Academic Expert Group

Pamela Ferguson
, Fiona Raitt
, James Chalmers
, Fiona Leverick
, Fraser Davidson
, Peter Duff
, Findlay Stark

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Abstract

The Scottish Government has proposed to abolish the requirement for corroborated evidence in criminal cases. In February 2014, Lord Bonomy was appointed to chair a Reference Group “to consider what additional safeguards and changes to law and practice may be needed in Scotland’s criminal justice system when the corroboration requirement is abolished”.
Lord Bonomy’s review is known as the Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review. He requested that an academic expert group produce a report covering additional safeguards against wrongful conviction and other changes in law and practice which might be considered for introduction into the Scottish criminal justice system. This is the report of that expert group.

Original language	English
Publisher	Scottish Government
Number of pages	277
Publication status	Published - Aug 2014

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Bonomy review
Corroboration
Criminal law
Evidence law

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1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Eyewitness Identification Evidence
Ferguson, P. R., Aug 2014, Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group . Chalmers, J., Leverick, F. & Shaw, A. (eds.). Scottish Government, p. 44-66 23 p.
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Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review: Report of the Academic Expert Group

Abstract

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