"Facial Recognition and Image Comparison Evidence: Identification by Investigators, Familiars, Experts, Super-Recognisers and Algorithms"

(2021) 45 Melbourne University Law Review 99

Edmond, Gary; White, David; Towler, Alice; San Roque, Mehera; Kemp, Richard

Melbourne University Law Review

Australia

Legislation Cited

s78, s79, s135, s137

Legislation Name	Provision
Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
Evidence Act 2008 (Vic)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police	[2020] EWCA Civ 1058; [2020] 1 WLR 5037; [2020] HRLR 16	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	11 Aug 2020	BAILII	37
Volpe v R	[2020] VSCA 628	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	circa 2020	AustLII	1
(2020) 29 New Zealand Universities Law Review 1	(2020) 29 New Zealand Universities Law Review 1	New Zealand Universities Law Review	New Zealand	circa 2020	Westlaw	1
R v Crupi (Ruling	[2020] VSC 654	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	circa 2020	AustLII	1
"Explaining and Trusting Expert Evidence: What Is a “ Sufficiently Reliable Scientific Basis ” ?"	(2020) 24 (3) International Journal of Evidence and Proof 233	International Journal of Evidence and Proof		circa 2020	LexisNexis	1
"Forensic Science and the Myth of Adversarial Testing"	(2020) 32 (2) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 146	Current Issues in Criminal Justice	Australia	circa 2020	HeinOnline / Informit	2
Trial: It's Time for a Wall, a Gate and Some Gatekeeping'	(2020) 94 Australian Law Journal 427	Australian Law Journal	Australia	circa 2020	Legal Online	2
Pell v R	376 ALR 478; 94 ALJR 394; 268 CLR 123; [2020] HCA 12	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2020	AustLII	617
"Latent Science: A History of Challenges to Fingerprint Evidence in Australia"	(2019) 38 University of Queensland Law Journal 301	University of Queensland Law Journal	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII	3
"Forensic Science Evidence and the Limits of Cross-Examination"	(2019) 42 Melbourne University Law Review 858	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2019	AustLII	3
"Just Cognition: Scientific Research on Bias and Some Implications for Legal Procedure and Decision-Making"	(2019) 82 (4) Modern Law Review 633	Modern Law Review	United Kingdom	circa 2019	HeinOnline	5
Chen v R	[2018] NSWLR 915		Australia - New South Wales	circa 2018	LexisNexis AU	1
"Life, Liberty, and Trade Secrets: Intellectual Property in the Criminal Justice System"	(2018) 70 Stanford Law Review 1343	Stanford Law Review	United States	circa 2018	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
"Why “ Ad Hoc Experts ” Should Not Provide Transcripts of Indistinct Forensic Audio, and a Proposal for a Better Approach"	(2018) 42 Criminal Law Journal 298	Criminal Law Journal	Australia	circa 2018	Legal Online	1
Goode v Angland	[2017] NSWCA 311; (2017) 96 NSWLR 503	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	7 Dec 2017	AustLII	61
Nguyen v R	[2017] NSWCCA 4; (2017) 264 A Crim R 405	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	2 Feb 2017	AustLII	11
"Assessing the Admissibility of a New Generation of Forensic Voice Comparison Testimony"	(2017) 18 Columbia Science and Technology Law Review 326	Columbia Science and Technology Law Review	United States	circa 2017	LexisNexis	1
"The Unstable Province of Jury Fact-Finding: Evidence Exclusion, Probative Value and Judicial Restraint after IMM v R"	(2017) 41 Melbourne University Law Review 689	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2017	AustLII	2
R v Abbey	[2017] ONCA 640; 350 CCC (3d) 102	Court of Appeal for Ontario	Canada - Ontario	circa 2017	CanLII	5
"Icarus and the Evidence Act: Section 137, Probative Value and Taking Forensic Science Evidence 'at its Highest'"	(2017) 41 Melbourne University Law Review 106	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2017	AustLII	6
Tran v R	[2016] VSCA 79	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	26 Apr 2016	AustLII	10
Imm v R	[2016] HCA 14; (2016) 257 CLR 300; (2016) 330 ALR 382; (2016) 90 ALJR 529	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Apr 2016	AustLII	597
"A Little Ignorance Is a Dangerous Thing: Engaging with Exogenous Knowledge Not Adduced by the Parties"	(2016) 25 Griffith Law Review 383	Griffith Law Review	Australia	circa 2016	HeinOnline / Informit	6
"Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Current Challenges and Opportunities"	(2016) 80 (5) Journal of Criminal Law 344	Journal of Criminal Law	United Kingdom	circa 2016	HeinOnline	1
"Cinderella Story: The Social Production of a Forensic “ Science ”"	(2016) 106 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 219	Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology	United States	circa 2016	HeinOnline	3
"Interpreting Image Evidence: Facial Mapping, Police Familiars and Super-Recognisers in England and Australia"	(2016) 3 Journal of International and Comparative Law 473	Journal of International and Comparative Law	United States	circa 2016	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	1
Nasrallah v R; R v Nasrallah	[2015] NSWCCA 188	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	17 Jul 2015	AustLII	7
Meade v R	[2015] VSCA 171	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	26 Jun 2015	AustLII	23
Tuite v R	[2015] VSCA 148; (2015) 49 VR 196	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	12 Jun 2015	AustLII	46
Haidari v R	(2015) 251 A Crim R 422		Australia	circa 2015	Legal Online / Westlaw	1
"What Lawyers Should Know About the Forensic 'Sciences'"	(2015) 36 Adelaide Law Review 33	Adelaide Law Review	Australia	circa 2015	AustLII	10
"Forensic Science Evidence and the Conditions for Rational (Jury) Evaluation"	(2015) 39 Melbourne University Law Review 77	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2015	AustLII	9
Kheir v R	[2014] VSCA 200; (2014) 43 VR 308; (2014) 244 A Crim R 231	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	5 Sep 2014	AustLII	15
Dastagir v R	[2014] HCATrans 130	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Jun 2014	AustLII	1
Honeysett v R	(2014) 253 CLR 122		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2014	Legal Online / Westlaw	106
"The Admissibility of Forensic Science and Medicine Evidence under the Uniform Evidence Law"	(2014) 38 Criminal Law Journal 136	Criminal Law Journal	Australia	circa 2014	Legal Online	10
R v Sterling	(2014) 19 DCLR (NSW) 74		Australia - NSW	circa 2014		2
Tasmania v Chatters	[2013] TASSC 61	Supreme Court of Tasmania	Australia - Tasmania	11 Oct 2013	AustLII	2
"Gaitkeeping in Canada: Mis-Steps in Assessing the Reliability of Expert Testimony"	(2013) 92 (2) Canadian Bar Review 327	Canadian Bar Review	Canada	circa 2013		1
Honeysett v R	(2013) 233 A Crim R 152		Australia	circa 2013	Legal Online / Westlaw	4
R v Xy	(2013) 84 NSWLR 363		Australia - New South Wales	circa 2013	LexisNexis AU	48
"Proficiency Tests to Estimate Error Rates in the Forensic Sciences"	(2013) 12 Law Probability and Risk 89	Law, Probability and Risk		circa 2013	Westlaw	3
"Is Expert Evidence Really Different?"	(2013) 89 Notre Dame Law Review 1	Notre Dame Law Review	United States	circa 2013	HeinOnline / LexisNexis	2
R v Dastagir	(2013) 118 SASR 83	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 2013	Legal Online / Westlaw	4
Gilham v R	[2012] NSWCCA 131; (2012) 224 A Crim R 22	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	25 Jun 2012	AustLII	80
Aytugrul v R	[2012] HCA 15; (2012) 247 CLR 170; (2012) 286 ALR 441; 86 ALJR 474; (2012) 215 A Crim R 501	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Apr 2012	AustLII	83
R v Aitken	[2012] BCCA 134	Court of Appeal of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2012	CanLII	2
Morgan v R	[2011] NSWCCA 257; (2011) 215 A Crim R 33	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	1 Dec 2011	AustLII	28
Lithgow City Council v Jackson	[2011] HCA 36; (2011) 244 CLR 352; (2011) 281 ALR 223; (2011) 85 ALJR 1130; (2011) 8 CA 36	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Sep 2011	AustLII	219
Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar	[2011] HCA 21; (2011) 243 CLR 588; (2011) 277 ALR 611; (2011) 85 ALJR 694; (2011) 9 DDCR 25	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Jun 2011	AustLII	886
Otway v R	[2011] EWCA Crim 3	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Criminal Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	14 Jan 2011	BAILII	6
"Splitting Hairs? Evaluating 'Split Testimony' As An Approach to the Problem of Forensic Expert Evidence"	(2011) 33 Sydney Law Review 459	Sydney Law Review	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII	4
"Unsound Law: Issues with ( “ Expert ”) Voice Comparison Evidence"	(2011) 35 Melbourne University Law Review 52	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2011	AustLII	5
(2011) 15 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 26	(2011) 15 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 26	International Journal of Evidence and Proof		circa 2011	LexisNexis	1
(2010) 14 (2) International Journal of Evidence and Proof 146	(2010) 14 (2) International Journal of Evidence and Proof 146	International Journal of Evidence and Proof		circa 2010	LexisNexis	1
Dodds v R	[2009] NSWCCA 78; (2009) 194 A Crim R 408	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	31 Mar 2009	AustLII	17
"Forensics without Uniqueness, Conclusions without Individualization: The New Epistemology of Forensic Identification"	(2009) 8 (3) Law Probability and Risk 233	Law, Probability and Risk		circa 2009	Westlaw	1
R v Abbey	(2009) 246 CCC (3d) 301		Canada	circa 2009		1
"Quasi-justice: Ad hoc expertise and identification evidence"	(2009) 33 Criminal Law Journal 8	Criminal Law Journal	Australia	circa 2009	Legal Online	10
"The Testimony of Forensic Identification Science: What Expert Witnesses Say and What Factfinders Hear"	(2009) 33 (5) Law and Human Behavior 436	Law and Human Behavior		circa 2009	Westlaw	2
"Law's Looking Glass: Expert Identification Evidence Derived from Photographic and Video Images"	(2009) 20 (3) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 337	Current Issues in Criminal Justice	Australia	circa 2009	AustLII	2
Muldoon v R; Carter v R	[2008] NSWCCA 315; (2008) 192 A Crim R 105	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	18 Dec 2008	AustLII	3
"Specialised Knowledge, the Exclusionary Discretions and Reliability: Reassessing Incriminating Expert Opinion Evidence"	(2008) 31 University of New South Wales Law Journal 1	University of New South Wales Law Journal	Australia	circa 2008	AustLII	9
Evans v R	[2007] HCA 59; (2007) 235 CLR 521; (2007) 241 ALR 400; (2007) 82 ALJR 250; (2007) 179 A Crim R 232	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Dec 2007	AustLII	104
Korgbara v R	[2007] NSWCCA 84; (2007) 210 FLR 36; (2007) 71 NSWLR 187; (2007) 170 A Crim R 568	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	30 Mar 2007	AustLII	14
Murdoch v R	[2007] NTCCA 1; (2007) 167 A Crim R 329	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - Northern Territory	10 Jan 2007	AustLII	33
"Visual Culture in Forensic Science"	(2007) 39 (2) Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 81	Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences	Australia	circa 2007		1
R v Alrekabi	(2007) 4 DCLR (NSW) 292		Australia - NSW	circa 2007		2
Keller v R	[2006] NSWCCA 204	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	26 Jul 2006	AustLII	17
R v Jung	[2006] NSWSC 658	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	29 Jun 2006	AustLII	20
R v Tang	[2006] NSWCCA 167; (2006) 65 NSWLR 681; (2006) 161 A Crim R 377	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	24 May 2006	AustLII	77
R v Whyte	[2006] NSWCCA 75	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	24 Mar 2006	AustLII	15
R v Drollett	[2005] NSWCCA 356	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	4 Nov 2005	AustLII	15
R v Marsh	[2005] NSWCCA 331	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	20 Sep 2005	AustLII	16
R v Madigan	[2005] NSWCCA 170	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	9 Jun 2005	AustLII	14
R v Anderson	[2005] BCSC 1346	Supreme Court of British Columbia	Canada - British Columbia	circa 2005	CanLII	1
R v El-Kheir	[2004] NSWCCA 461	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	20 Dec 2004	AustLII	12
R v Gao	[2003] NSWCCA 390	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	16 Dec 2003	AustLII	4
R v Riscuta	[2003] NSWCCA 6	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	6 Feb 2003	AustLII	21
EIC Services Ltd v Stephen Phipps	[2003] EWHC 1507	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2003	BAILII	4
"At Face Value?"	(2003) 153 New Law Journal 302	New Law Journal	United Kingdom	circa 2003	LexisNexis	1
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Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles	[2001] NSWCA 305; (2001) 52 NSWLR 705; (2001) 25 NSWCCR 218	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	14 Sep 2001	AustLII	2249
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"Thirty years of investigating the own-race bias in memory for faces: A meta-analytic review "	(2001) 7 Psychology Public Policy and Law 3	Psychology, Public Policy, and Law		circa 2001	LexisNexis	1
R v Maidstone Crown Court ex parte LB of Harrow	[2000] 1 Cr App R 117		United Kingdom	circa 2000	LexisNexis	10
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