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Director of Public Prosecutions v BB (Approved) [2024] IECA 155
Keith Rix 219

Director of Public Prosecutions v BB (Approved) [2024] IECA 155

byKeith Rix

Commentary

This Irish case is primarily of interest to psychologists and others concerned about courts’ reliance on evidence from psychologists who are not registered with an appropriate regulator and not clinically trained. The points of general application concern the high threshold to be reached in order to admit as expert evidence the evidence that comes from a body of knowledge that is not widely recognised. 

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