Fire Investigators engaged during any criminal or civil litigation matters are commonly considered an expert witness in the eyes of the court. Physical or forensic evidence is generally only as good as the “expert” tasked to examine and interpret it. Therefore, expert witnesses should be experienced, competent, reliable and ultimately their duty must be to serve the courts – not their instructing parties.

We are fortunate to have sourced an astute presenter on this topic: Katherine Biber is a legal scholar, historian, criminologist, author and the Professor of Law at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).