Drug Driving Could You Have Been Wrongly Convicted?

• Published date: 03 February 2023
• Subject Matter: Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Criminal Law, Food and Drugs Law, Crime
• Law Firm: Lanyon Bowdler
• Author: Stephen Scully

The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) have recently concluded reviews into Synlab Laboratory Services Limited's analysis of drug driving samples.

Due to issues identified with the quality assurance processes utilised by Synlab, all results produced by them between April 2019 and December 2020, where they reported results above the prescribed drug driving limit, were reviewed.

The findings concluded that the analysis and processes were not conducted to the appropriate standard. As a result 1,778 samples have now been rescinded...