Mr Michael J L Turner
MA FBCS MAE FEWI
Computer Evidence Consultant

Contact details:
Computer Evidence
Dulas Mill
Dulas
HEREFORD
HR2 0HL

Telephone: 01981 241020
Facsimile: 01981 241021

Description of expertise:
Computer documents • Computer evidence • Forensic computing • Computer crime • Internet crime • Internet libel • Internet pornography • Obscene material • Computer misuse • Hacking • Unauthorised access to computers • Unauthorised modification to computers • Racist material • False accounting • Fraud • Theft • Confidential information • Software copyright • Reliability of computer evidence • Authenticity of computer documents • Admissibility of computer documents • Procedures for securing, preserving & copying computer evidence

Independent expert evidence on the interpretation of computer evidence • 20 years' experience of the use & misuse of computer data as evidence • Authenticity (tampering, spoofing) of questioned documents & e-mail • Procedures for preserving, copying & investigating computer evidence • Reinvestigation of previous computer forensic investigations • Reliability of documents & records produced by computer systems • Requests for disclosure & discovery of computer evidence • Validity of novel computer forensic techniques & State of the Art

Expert witness in civil (for claimant & defendant & as Single Joint Expert) & criminal (for Prosecution & Defence) white-collar cases:
• Computer Misuse Act 1990 Sections 1, 2 & 3 (time locks, logic-bombs & hacking)
• Confidential information (data, designs, drawings & specifications)
• Blackmail, false accounting, fraud (investment, insurance, mortgage, theft of database)
• Theft (£170 to £12,000,000)
• Internet libel (web site & e-mail defamation)
• Internet pornography
• Police computer systems
• Software copyright infringement
• Terrorism (possessing documents)

Significant cases where he has given expert evidence in court include:

• Abuse of process: mishandling of computer evidence; for the acquitted defendants in R -v- Nicol & Moore (Bristol Crown Court, T19990561)

• Child pornography: appeal against blacklisting of teacher after appeal against conviction allowed by the Crown Court; for the successful respondent in Andrew Charles Mogford -v- Secretary of State for Education & Skills (Care Standards tribunal 2002. 11. PC)

• Computer misuse: unauthorised modification - 'wrecking programs'; for the acquitted defendant in R -v- Patel (Aylesbury Crown Court, Computers and Law, May 1994)

• Employment: racial discrimination - racist documents; for the successful applicant in Mr G S Virdi -v- Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London North Employment Tribunal 2202774/98, Computers and Law, February 2001)

• Software copyright: for the successful claimant in IBCOS Computers -v- Barclays Mercantile Highland Finance ([1994] FSR 275)

Prepared to advise pro bono where the misuse of computer evidence may have resulted in a miscarriage of justice.

Vetting information:

Activity over past three years:
Subscribers can see information on the number of reports written and court appearances made.

Alternative Dispute Resolution skills:
Arbitration
Mediation
Expert determination

Geographical restriction:
Worldwide

Languages spoken (in addition to English):
German, French