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INDEPENDENT FORENSIC PRACTITIONERS
INSTITUTE (Inc.)
The Independent Forensic Practitioners Institute was formed in March 2006 and was established to answer the need for an organisation of independent practitioners undertaking a wide range of forensic work in New Zealand. Members of the Institute act independently providing expert services across the spectrum of civil and criminal proceedings and are not precluded from appearing for the defence or prosecution. OBJECTS:
Executive Committee President: R Glynn Owens, Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland. Formerly Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology, University of Wales, UK. Has been involved in the forensic field for over 25 years, and is a former Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Forensic Division Training Committee. Has been involved in criminal court cases in the UK and New Zealand, relating to charges ranging from shoplifting to murder. Expertise covers a range of areas including the reliability of witness/defendant statements, psychological factors in mitigation, psychological autopsy and other matters. Vice President After graduating from Victoria University Peter
was employed by the DSIR, (later ESR) as a forensic scientist specializing
in forensic biology. During this career he appeared as an expert witness
in many criminal cases. He became an expert in crime scene examination and
blood pattern interpretation and was scientific advisor for the first
Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO’s) course for the NZ Police. In 1988 he
trained at the Home Office in Britain to introduce DNA as a forensic
science tool in New Zealand. • Crime Scene evaluation and forensic
photography. Secretary Nicholas Powell is an industrial chemist, analyst, and court-going scientist. Nick holds a Doctorate from the University of Otago and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Forensic Science from the University of Auckland. He is a Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Nick has given expert evidence in Court on many occasions on topics including blood spatter, contaminant drift, failure of building materials, garment damage, and geometric reconstruction of shootings. He lectures on estimating drug yield, the role of the defence forensic scientist, concrete chemistry and mix design, and clandestine drugs laboratory contamination, testing, and remediation. Treasurer Allan Watt has had over 20 years experience in computing and had an involvement with law enforcement after joining the NZ Police in the 1980s, after a career in the NZ Army. While with the NZ Police Criminal Intelligence Section, Allan complete some of the first computer forensic examinations in 1995. He has a BBS in Accountancy and a BSc in Information Systems, he also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Forensic Science, from the University of Auckland. He has been awarded the qualification of, Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE), from IACIS. He is now completing additional post graduate research into cyber terrorism which will complete his Masters Degree. He is continually involved in civil and criminal cases providing expert testimony to the court. Committee Members Felicity Goodyear-Smith Felicity Goodyear-Smith is a general practitioner and
Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. She is a Member of the
Royal Dr Robin Watt Dr Robin J. Watt, Forensic Anthropologist, has 35
years of national and international experience in biological anthropology.
He has appeared in court for defence and prosecution. He specialises in
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