What us members of the department of forensic pathology here are going to do
is to have an informal discussion amongst ourselves when the transcript of
the judgement is available. to see what lessons can be learnt for forensic
practice. The obvious lesson does seem to be that disclosure of all relevant
findings to the defence is a sine qua non. And that's what the law says
anyway.....
Robert Forrest
A R W Forrest LLM, FRCP, FRCPath,
Professor of Forensic Toxicology
University Dept of Forensic Pathology
Medico-legal Centre
Watery Street
SHEFFIELD
S3 7ES
UK
Voice +44 (0)114 2738721
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> Subject: Availabilty of lab reports to patients
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> In the light of the result of the Sally Clark appeal have any of the
> list members who voted that patients should not receive copies of
> their lab. reports changed their minds.
> The BBC report that.
> 'Marilyn Stowe, a divorce lawyer who obtained the crucial medical
> evidence, told BBC News: "I was told by Steve Clark [Sally's
> husband] that they had been trying for several years to get hold of
> the medical evidence but had been unable to do so."'
>
> If those reports had been available to the parents at the time Sally
> Clark would probably not have been imprisoned.
>
> Mike CollinsMike Collins MLSO3
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