RSS responds to the inquiry about statutary inquiries, seeking to highlight the crucial need for consideration of data and statistics as part of any inquiry - from the outset as a de facto requirement.

RSS responds to the inquiry about statutary inquiries, seeking to highlight the crucial need for consideration of data and statistics as part of any inquiry - from the outset as a de facto requirement.

Letter to the head of the FA from President Dr. Andrew Garrett regarding the use of VAR in football matches, sent following contraversy regarding the use of VAR in the Tottenham vs Liverpool Premier League match on Saturday 30 September.

Letter from the RSS to the chair of the Lucy Letby Inquiry, requesting that the scope of the inquiry covers the appropriate use of statistical evidence in cases of medical murder. 

Submitted on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society by the RSS Section on Statistics and the Law. In particular, we draw attention to the prevalence of dangerously misleading statistical arguments in the current literature, and the consequent need for expert statistical input. We also present some recommendations regarding the use of software systems in analysing and producing legal evidence.

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