In the article on the basis of analysis of normative legal acts considered the problematic issues of appointment of forensic examination in criminal proceedings. The necessity of making appropriate amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Forensic Expertise” is determined with the aim of bringing its norms in line with the CPC norms regarding the procedure for appointing forensic examinations in criminal proceedings.
In the article on the basis of the analysis of normative legal acts the peculiarities of
conducting expert research in criminal proceedings are considered. Taking into account the
commonality of the process under expert investigation, which is conducted in a criminal
proceeding on the initiative of the body of pre-trial investigation, it is necessary to understand
the legal expertise.
In the article on an example from expert practice the considered methods of forensic еxamination of microparticless of platinum. An exposure and separation of microparticless of platinum from mechanical mixture of other metallic microparticless conducted with the use of methods of optical microscopy, magnetic separation and chemical dissolution of metals.
For the decision of diagnostic and identification questions the method of emission spectrology was used.