BAFS and External Events
The British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS) held its first meeting in 1960. BAFS is a unique organisation formed from a unique mix of forensic medicine (pathologist, psychiatrists, physicians (FMEs), scientist and lawyers. Our events are usually based in London.
Next BAFS Event
Annual General Meeting & Friends' Dinner 2021
Notorious for secretly cutting women’s hair on buses and in cinemas, Danilo Restivo was jailed for the 2002 murder of Heather Barnett. Breakthroughs in DNA evidence linked Restivo to a murder in Italy nine years previously.
Ian Kelcey
Ian Kelcey was admitted as a solicitor in 1980. He has specialised in Criminal Defence practice since 1990. He is the Senior Partner at Kelcey and Hall who have offices in Bristol and London. Ian was President of Bristol Law Society in 2001 and Chairman of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association from 2002 to 2004. Ian has been a Council member of the Law Society since 2004 and he was Chairman of the Law Society Criminal Law Committee between 2007 and 2011. He was again appointed Joint Chair of the Committee in 2017. Ian has defended in many high profile cases including the Defence of Danilo Restivo, Vincent Tabak (Joanna Yeates murder) and Christopher Hampton (Melanie Road Murder)
Regular BAFS Events
BAFS Events
Joint Events
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, London
CPD: Accredited
The recent disasters, such as Grenfell Tower and Westminster Bridge, has highlighted how forensic science plays an important part in victim identification.
A panel of experts will examine how forensic odontology, anthropology and pathology contribute to the identification process.Learn about the psychological impact such events can have on victims, hearing more about the nature of the subsequent inquests from those supporting them.
Key topics:
- How forensic odontology contributes to disaster victim identification
- How forensic anthropology contributes to disaster victim identification
- How forensic pathology contributes to disaster victim identification
- How victims are affected by disasters
- How psychologists manage victims of disasters
BAFS Friends Dinner
External Events
In collaboration with #RemoteForensicCSI, and to support remote teaching resources for students, The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences will be holding a series of student focused monthly webinars.
Previous BAFS Events
Mental health in police custody
Digital technology and crime in 2021; where are we now?
Episode 3
Digital technology and crime in 2021; where are we now?
Episode 2
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA): Do you see what I see?
What does the presence of GSR really mean?
INQUESTS: purpose and scope, preparation, procedure and conclusions
Joint BAFS - RSM Event: Clinical and Scientific Expert Witness Bias: Sources and Expression
The multiple personalities of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA): Investigation, Evaluation & Review
Speaker: Jo Millington
AGM & Ormrod Lecture 2019: Should Acute Behavioural Disturbance be considered a Public Health Problem?
The role of plants, fungi and algae in environmental forensics
Speaker: Dr Mark SpencerFriends Dinner 2019: How did forensic science help identify Richard III?
Speaker: Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBERSM & BAFS joint event 2018
Dr Richard Shephard, Professor Peter Vanezis, Dr Curtis Offiah, Professor Peter Gill, Mr David Heming, Detective Inspector Mark Richards and Master Evan Bell, 20/01/2018AGM & Friends Dinner 2017
James Hines QC and Dr Martin Hall, 01/11/2017Forensic Investigation in Counter Terrorism
Sharon Broome, 30/11/2016The Lund Lecture 2015
Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, 04/10/2016AGM & Friends Dinner 2016
Andrew Smith and Professor Nigel Eastman, 18/05/2016Forensic Imaging: From Plates to Pixels
Nick Marsh, 21/01/2016Investigating sudden unexpected death
Professor Richard Shepherd, Marta Cohen, Professor Robert Peckitt, Professor Mary Sheppard, Dr Safa Al-Sarraj, Professor Robert J. Flanagan, Dr Elijah Behr, Dr Jason Payne-James, Professor Robin Ferner, Dr Peter Dean, 16/01/2016Ormrod Lecture 2015
Professor Robert J. Flanagan, 22/10/2015Science and the Courts. Human Identification, Migration and Trafficking
Prof Robert J. Flanagan, HH Judge Jeremy Donne QC, Upper Tribunal Judge Mark Ockelton QC, Professor Cheryl Thomas, Mr Stuart Black, Mr Roger Baldwin, Dr Ann Priston, Mr Nick Marsh, Dr Denise Syndercombe Court, Professor Michael Kopelman, Dr Sarah Majid, Dr Sarah Chin, Dr Michael Korzinski, 28/03/2015Blood Pattern Analysis
Jo Millington, 15/01/2015The Lund Lecture 2014
Professor Bob Peckitt 23/10/2014Clozapine Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Dr James MacCabe, Professor Robert Flanagan and Professor Christoph Hiemke 28/06/2014Fingerprints
Ken Butler, 15/05/2014Past Venues
Chapter Hall St John’s Gate
