United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 79
Admissibility of Evidence: Computers
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10 May 2022
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17 May 2022 · Answer
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17 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to assess the legal presumption of reliability of computer evidence.
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10 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to assess the legal presumption of reliability of computer evidence.
Source: Commons
17 May 2022
Answer
We have no plans to review the presumption, as it has wide application and is rebuttable if there is evidence to the contrary. Nonetheless, given the concerns raised about Post Office Ltd’s Horizon IT system, the Government wants to be fully assured that ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-10/79
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1461388
- uk · wq-1461388 · source updated 17 May 2022