Wednesday, 27 August 2025
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Dr Amanda Bean, Director, Bean Law
Interpretation of Forensic Toxicology Results in the Context of a Case
- Analyse drugs and poisons in evidence
- How forensic toxicology are used to analyse drugs and poisons biological effects in legal cases
- Explore the latest advancements and techniques
- Accuracy and reliability of toxicological assessments
- How forensic results are integrated into the context of criminal cases
- How complex toxicological data is interpreted
- How this information impacts case strategy, evidence presentation, and case outcomes
- Best practices for forensic experts presenting evidence in court: What and when to ask?
- Tips on effectively communicating complex scientific findings to judges and juries
Presented by Professor Olaf H. Drummer AO, Forensic Toxicology Consultant Specialist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Professor Emeritus, Monash University
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how forensic toxicology evidence is analysed and interpreted in the legal context
- Learn strategies for evaluating and presenting toxicological findings effectively in criminal proceedings
Presenters
Dr Amanda Bean, Director, Bean LawAfter years of scientific research culminating in a PhD in Biomedical Science at the University of Waikato, Amanda embarked on a legal career with the aim of specialising in the use of scientific evidence in criminal trials, including physics, chemistry, and biology. As a result, she has a keen interest in Forensic Science and legal cases involving medical or scientific data. Amanda is a Solicitor and Director at Bean Law in Hamilton and practices alongside a small team of lawyers focusing on Criminal and Family Law.
Professor Olaf H. Drummer AO, Forensic Toxicology Consultant Specialist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Professor Olaf H. Drummer AO, Dr.h.c.(Antwerp), PhD (Melb), BAppSc(RMIT), FRCPA, FFSC, FACBS, FVIFM, CChem, is a forensic pharmacologist and toxicologist. He retired as Deputy Director (Academic Programs) at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, and Professor and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University in 2017 He is currently a part time forensic toxicology consultant specialist for the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and emeritus professor at Monash University. He completed his Applied Chemistry Degree at completed Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 1973 and his PhD a few years later from Melbourne University. He is also a member of a number of national and international associations. He is the editor for toxicology manuscript submissions for Forensic Science International, and sits on a number of editorial boards of several journals. He is also an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA), a founding fellow of the Faculty of Science within the RCPA; a fellow of the Australasian College of Biomedical Scientists (ACBS), a honorary fellow of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London (UK), and a fellow of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM).
