PROCEDURAL CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION OF AN EXPERT (DISQUALIFICATION, SELF-WITHDRAWAL OF AN EXPERT)
In the article on the basis of the analysis of the norms of the procedural legislation, the grounds for replacing forensic expert are analyzed. The grounds for replacing forensic expert are circumstances that exclude the possibility of an expert’s participation in the process, and a guarantee of the independence and objectivity of the forensic expert. As a result of a comparative analysis of the norms of the Belarusian procedural legislation, grounds for disqualifi tion (self-withdrawal) of an expert, similar in content, and some discrepancies in the formulation of the grounds for disqualification of an expert. It requires scientifi justifi tion. The article makes a proposal on the unification of the norms of the procedural legislation regulating the procedure for replacing forensic expert.