Digital evidence
Tech summit set to discuss disclosure of digital evidence. Ministers on the 10th June 2019 met senior police and prosecutors at a high-profile summit aimed at improving the disclosure of digital evidence in the criminal justice system.
The Solicitor General, Lucy Frazer QC, and the Policing Minister, Nick Hurd, will host Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave, Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird and representatives from the UK technology industry at the Law Society’s offices in London. They will focus on the handling of digital evidence disclosure in criminal cases and consider how police and prosecutors can be supported to better handle the increasing volumes of digital evidence – to ensure victims get the justice they deserve. This includes looking at what programmes are currently being used to decipher evidence and considering technological innovations.
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