This is a discussion of a number of issues that arise from the recent judgment in R v T [1]. Although the
judgment concerned with footwear evidence, more general remarks have implications for all disciplines
within forensic science. Our concern is that the judgment will be interpreted as being in opposition to the
principles of logical interpretation of evidence. We re-iterate those principles and then discuss several
extracts from the judgment that may be potentially harmful to the future of forensic science. A position
statement with regard to evidence evaluation, signed by many forensic scientists, statisticians and lawyers,
has appeared in this journal [2] and the present paper expands on the points made in that statement.