ABOUT OUR EXPERT FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER IN BRISBANE, QLD

ABOUT OUR FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER

I commenced training in the field of forensic document examination in January 1980 as a serving Queensland police officer and successfully completed a four (4) year certified training course. I qualified as a forensic document examiner in 1984.

I was, until 31st March 1991, the Officer in Charge of the Document Examination Section, having been officer in charge from August 1989 to March 1991. I have, since that date, commenced a full-time consultancy service in the field of document examination.

My field of expertise includes the examination and comparison of handwriting and documents; the examination of false, genuine, and modified signatures; the examination of obliterated, damaged, and fragmented documents; and any other matters necessary to establish by scientific means the genuineness or falsehood of handwriting and documents.

EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE & GLOBAL EXPERTISE

I have over 42 years of experience in this field, during which time I have been employed by the Queensland Police Service and as a self-employed consultant in the field of document examination.

During this time, I have carried out examinations of this nature for the police departments of both Queensland and the Northern Territory, other government departments (state and federal), lending institutions (banks, building societies, etc.), and many private firms and companies (solicitors, etc.), involving many thousands of documents and in excess of 3100 separate investigations.

I have also undertaken matters in New Zealand, Fiji, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

I am a member of the Australasian Society of Forensic Document Examiners Inc.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH

I have prepared and presented numerous papers on areas of document examination for conference, workshop, and lecture purposes, involving the Queensland Police Service, the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, the Australian Government Solicitors Office, the Office of the Director of State Public Prosecutions, Work Cover Queensland, and other government departments.

PROVEN EXPERTISE IN COURTROOMS

I have given evidence relating to document examination matters in the Supreme, District, and Magistrates Courts of Queensland (criminal and civil jurisdictions) and courts of the Northern Territory on over 560 occasions.