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Blitz 1768 Expert Witness Consultancy
What is an Expert Witness?
As the law stands in this country dogs can and are seized for incidents that occur: whether they be fear for safety, bites or fatalities , Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Sec 3).
or:
Dogs seized for being suspected of a banned breed as listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Sec 1).
When these proceedings occur the burden of guilt is presumed and the onus is on the defendant to prove innocence.
It is advantageous for both defence and prosecution and often insisted on by courts to employ the services of expert witness who can constructively and in an unbiased, rational and non emotive manner, advise the courts on the facts, causes and likely long term repercussions involving the dog and the alleged incident.
An Expert Witness is a person that has significant knowledge and experience in the subject matter that they can deliver an accurate and encompassing report to allow the courts to make a judgement.
Breed type identification
Temperament assessment
As it curerently stands there are 4 banned breed typed listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Sec 1)
- Pit Bull Terrier
- Japanese Tosa
- Fila Brasileiro
- Dogo Argentino
With the XL Bully type to be the most recent addition on 1st February 2024.
The job of the Expert Witness is the physically examine the dog against the recognised standards for that type of breed in order to reach a definitive conclusion of breed type for the courts satisfaction.
A behaviour/temperament test is an opportunity for the expert witness to comprehensively monitor and understand the behaviours offered by the dog under the influence and application of given stimuli. In an unbiased and non emotive manner in order to recognise and record any prevalent risk displayed or implied alongside recognised mitigation and advise on long term precautions and solutions to enable the courts to confidently apply the correct ruling.