By Tom Storey
An expert in False Memory Syndrome seems to have forgotten that the Court of Appeal twice stated her evidence was inadmissible eleven years ago.
The Court of Appeal recently considered once again the admissibility of expert evidence relating to what has been called False Memory Syndrome or Recovered Memory Syndrome: R v H (Stephen) [2014] EWCA Crim 1555 (judgement given on 22nd July 2014). They have re-affirmed the position that whilst such evidence is potentially admissible, if it involves the expression of opinion about the credibility or reliability of a witness, this amounts to the usurpation of the jury’s function, and so renders such evidence inadmissible.
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