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Computers not flawless, says Law Society

16 April 2025
Issue: 8113 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Disclosure , Procedure & practice
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The Law Society has called for clear definitions, regular reviews and disclosure to ensure the use of computer evidence does not lead to miscarriages of justice. 

Responding this week to the Ministry of Justice’s ‘Use of evidence generated by software in criminal proceedings: call for evidence’, following the Post Office Horizon scandal, Law Society president Richard Atkinson said the government has ‘sought to define computer evidence, not as evidence captured or recorded, but as evidence generated by software or a device’.

He said ‘computer evidence’ must be clearly defined or legal uncertainties could arise, particularly in a judicial context.

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