A response to EA-4/23 INF:2025 “The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025:2017”

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison; A. Biedermann; M. Tart; D. Meuwly; C.E.H. Berger; J. Guiness; M.M. Houck; C. Gibb; A.P. Dawid; K.N. Kotsoglou; D.H. Kaye; P. Rose; F. Taroni; B. Kokshoorn; M.J. Saks; J.S. Buckleton; J.M. Curran; D. Taylor; C. Zhang; J. Vuille; C. Champod; B.T. Simonsen; A. Mattei; J.J. Lucena-Molina; S. Zabell; J.M. Chin; M. Gallidabino; G. Wevers; R. Moreton; H. Eldridge; K.A. Martire; C.G.G. Aitken; S.A. Cole; J. González-Rodríguez; M. Smithuis; T. Edvardsen; L. Wilson-Wilde; G. Zadora; S. Gittelson; G. Jackson; M.J. Sjerps; F. Brard; T. Hicks; J. Kennedy; B.G.H. Latten; Philip Weber; S. Willis; Daniel Ramos; J.J. Koehler; Rafael Oliveira Ribeiro; F. Crispino; Nabanita Basu; G.E. Meakin; K.P. Kirkbride; G. Tully; M. Jessen; D. Syndercombe Court

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112589

A response to EA-4/23 INF:2025 “The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025:2017”

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison^*
, A. Biedermann
, M. Tart
, D. Meuwly
, C.E.H. Berger
, J. Guiness
, M.M. Houck
, C. Gibb
, A.P. Dawid
, K.N. Kotsoglou
, D.H. Kaye
, P. Rose
, F. Taroni
, B. Kokshoorn
, M.J. Saks
, J.S. Buckleton
, J.M. Curran
, D. Taylor
, C. Zhang
, J. Vuille

C. Champod, B.T. Simonsen, A. Mattei, J.J. Lucena-Molina, S. Zabell, J.M. Chin, M. Gallidabino, G. Wevers, R. Moreton, H. Eldridge, K.A. Martire, C.G.G. Aitken, S.A. Cole, J. González-Rodríguez, M. Smithuis, T. Edvardsen, L. Wilson-Wilde , G. Zadora, S. Gittelson, G. Jackson, M.J. Sjerps, F. Brard, T. Hicks, J. Kennedy, B.G.H. Latten, Philip Weber, S. Willis, Daniel Ramos, J.J. Koehler, Rafael Oliveira Ribeiro, F. Crispino, Nabanita Basu, G.E. Meakin, K.P. Kirkbride, G. Tully, M. Jessen, D. Syndercombe Court

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
University of Northumbria Newcastle

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We are concerned that EA-4/23 INF:2025 The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025:2017 provides inappropriate guidance on how to conduct forensic interpretation and on how to report forensic opinions. Following this guidance would result in misleading statements being provided to legal decision makers, which would potentially have adverse consequences.

Original language	English
Article number	112589
Number of pages	20
Journal	Forensic Science International
Volume	376
Early online date	5 Aug 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112589
Publication status	Published - Nov 2025

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Morrison, G. S., Biedermann, A., Tart, M., Meuwly, D., Berger , C. E. H., Guiness, J., Houck, M. M., Gibb, C., Dawid, A. P., Kotsoglou, K. N., Kaye, D. H., Rose, P., Taroni, F., Kokshoorn, B., Saks, M. J., Buckleton, J. S., Curran, J. M., Taylor, D., Zhang, C., ... Syndercombe Court, D. (2025). A response to EA-4/23 INF:2025 “The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025:2017”. Forensic Science International, 376, Article 112589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112589

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