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Handwriting and documents


Hayward Associates can assist you in cases involving handwriting and questioned documents by

 
  • Determining authorship of handwriting or signatures by comparing questioned text with known writings
  • Indicating whether simulation (copying) of handwriting has occurred
  • Showing whether or not questioned printed text or a photocopy was produced on a particular machine
  • Deciphering handwritten or printed altered entries
  • Examining wholly or partially counterfeited documents
  • Identifying differences in inks and papers within a document which might show substitution or alteration
  • Enhancing indented impressions of handwriting to provide information and sequencing of writing
  • Assessing evidence provided by the defence or prosecution
  • Evaluating and interpreting prosecution statements