Legal status of a forensic economic expert in criminal proceedings in Russia

Purpose: To determine the conceptual foundations of the procedural status of an expert-economist in legal proceedings. Methodology: The study is based on regulatory analysis, analysis of the scientific and theoretical foundations and practical features of the problem of the procedural status of an expert in procedural actions. Results: The urgency of using special economic knowledge in the form of forensic expert activity has been substantiated. The analysis of the procedural status of an expert-economist in legal proceedings is presented. Novelty/originality/value: It consists in the development and consideration of the features of the procedural status of an expert on the basis of regulatory legal acts, adapted taking into account the peculiarities of economic research. The features of the expert’s right to an expert initiative within the framework of the production of a forensic economic examination are considered separately. The limitations of expert powers are grounded on examples from the practice of forensic economic examination. The submitted material is presented both for persons carrying out economic research and for investigators, lawyers and the judicial community.