The article is devoted to the problem of organization of forensic expert activity in the
process of criminal prosecution and, in general, the problem of improving the whole procedure
for obtaining evidence in the course of criminal proceedings. On the basis of the analysis of
domestic and foreign scientific literature, some issues of the organization of forensic expert
activity in some European states, as well as issues of legal (procedural) status of a judicial
expert are investigated. The conclusion is drawn about the importance of foreign experience in
solving these problems for improving the criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine.
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