Useful information
Authorship examination documents for court
Preparing questions and materials, and agreeing the type of deliverable.
Types of deliverable
- Specialist opinion: the result of an agreed contractual examination.
- Expert report review: an assessment of the report supplied, within the scope defined by the brief.
- List of questions: proposals for refining the expert's brief.
- Consultation: preliminary consideration of the task and necessary materials.
- Forensic expert report: the result of an examination appointed under the prescribed procedural rules.
What needs to be agreed
- The object and questions, and whether the texts and samples are sufficient.
- The origin of the materials and the grounds for submitting them.
- The type of deliverable and its intended use.
- Participation of relevant specialists in a combined task.
- The recipient and their authority, timeframes and document format.
Delivery of the result
A payer does not automatically become the recipient of the deliverable. Paper and electronic delivery arrangements are agreed. Admission of documents and assessment of evidence are matters for the relevant authority. A review does not itself replace a repeat examination.
Discuss an authorship examination task
Describe the task and questions that need to be answered. Provide contact details for a reply; the terms of the particular service are agreed separately.