Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2021
Abstract
The 2012 amendments to the Evidence Act2 “significantly broadened the admissibility criteria for expert evidence”;3 at the same time, the judicial discretion to deny admissibility of relevant expert opinion evidence was also introduced. This article considers the key developments pre- and post-amendments, and in doing so provides an updated framework for prosecutors and defence counsel alike to admit and challenge expert opinion evidence in criminal proceedings. Since it complements earlier articles in this series on similar fact4 and hearsay evidence,5 readers are assumed to be broadly familiar with the features of the Evidence Act, such as its admissibility paradigm, the distinction between general and specific relevancy provisions, and the limits placed by s 2(2) on invoking common law rules of evidence.
Discipline
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure
Research Areas
Innovation, Technology and the Law
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Practitioner
First Page
1
Last Page
15
ISSN
2661-4855
Publisher
Singapore Academy of Law
Citation
CHEN, Siyuan; KOH, Zhi Jia; and SOON, Jian Wei Joel.
The use of expert opinion evidence in criminal proceedings: an updated framework. (2021). Singapore Academy of Law Practitioner. 1-15.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3437
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